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Anas Sarwar
Labour MP for Glasgow Central
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Anas Sarwar voted on key issues:
- Voted against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: International Development, Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Scotland, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Grants, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Departmental Contracts, Grants, Atos
(based on written questions asked by Anas Sarwar and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (24 out of 26)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — International Development: South Sudan (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department plans to take to encourage a change in attitudes that tolerate and perpetuate violence against women and girls in South Sudan.”
- Written Answers — International Development: South Sudan (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how his Department's Strategic Vision for Women and Girls will be applied in South Sudan.”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Like thousands of my constituents, I am deeply disappointed that after taking us back into recession this Government have failed to come forward with a substantive plan in the Queen’s Speech to get the economy back on track. In the fourth quarter of 2011, growth dropped to minus 0.3%, and to minus 0.2% in the first quarter of this year. Long-term youth unemployment has risen by a...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 68 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 65.70% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 24 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register