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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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. 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 for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Business, Innovation and Skills, Treasury, Energy and Climate Change, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Broadband, Departmental Consultants, Mobile Phones, S4C: Finance, Business: Government Assistance
(based on written questions asked by Alun Cairns and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Fundraising Standards Board (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how his Department scrutinises the Fundraising Standards Board; when a review was last conducted; and what the outcome was of this review.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (16 May 2013)
“Pillar two funding of the post-2014 CAP arrangements are vital to continue the rural development in the Vale of Glamorgan. Local decision making and administration has been key to that success in the past. This is at risk. Will the Secretary of State do everything possible to ensure that it is maintained?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 62 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 98 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 77.11% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 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") 122 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register