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Andrew Bingham
Conservative MP for High Peak
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Bingham voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Business, Innovation and Skills, Transport, Justice, Education
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Contracts, Government Olympic Executive, Magistrates: Expenses, Tintwistle Hollingworth and Mottram Bypass, Rescue Services: VAT
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Bingham and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Pensions Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair] (9 Feb 2012)
“I shall attempt to be as brief as possible. As ever when speaking last in such debates, a lot of things I wanted to say have already been said. Football has seen great changes over the past 20 or 30 years: the advent of the premier league; the European championships in England in 1996, which I remember invigorating the nation with football; the Bosman ruling; pay-per-view television; and...”
- [Mr Dai Havard in the Chair] — Football Governance (9 Feb 2012)
“What does the hon. Gentleman think about those lower down the football pyramid in the lower league level? I am thinking of a team such as Witton Albion, which he is probably not familiar with. They sold their ground, and as part of the sale they got a brand-new ground, which was a great facility that could be used by the community. What does he think about that? I take his point on the higher...”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Regulation (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will review the one-in, one-out system for regulation.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 86.38% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 23 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register