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Alun Cairns
Conservative MP for Vale of Glamorgan
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alun Cairns voted on key issues:
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Culture Media and Sport, Treasury, Energy and Climate Change, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Consultants, S4C: Finance, Business: Government Assistance, Special Educational Needs, Mobile Phones: Radio Frequencies
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)
Most recent appearances
- Privilege (22 May 2012)
“I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, the Committee and its Chair for the way they have conducted their inquiry and today’s debate. Will he reassure me that, as this ever-changing situation evolves, if any other witnesses are found to have misled or lied to the Committee, it will take the same action and call for them to be referred to the Standards and Privileges Committee?”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“rose —”
- Business of the House (17 May 2012)
“Earlier this week, the Minister of State, Department for Education, the hon. Member for Brent Central (Sarah Teather), who has responsibility for children and families, responded to the Green Paper on special educational needs, which is an area of policy that has been ignored for far too long. Parents must battle for their children’s rights to receive the education they need. May we...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 79 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 108 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 80.58% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 81 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register