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Andrew Griffiths
Conservative MP for Burton
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Griffiths voted on key issues:
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Education, Health, Home Department, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Gcse, Drugs: Rehabilitation, Prisons: Drugs, Public Expenditure, Children in Care
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Griffiths and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
- Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Voluntary Organisations: Finance (13 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the total value of (a) public service contracts and (b) grants that have been awarded by local authorities to voluntary sector organisations in each financial year since 2008-09.”
- Written Answers — Education: Free School Meals (13 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils in each free school were eligible for free school meals in each of the last three years.”
- Written Answers — Education: Free School Meals (13 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of children receive free school meals in each (a) free school and (b) local authority area where a free school has been established.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 159 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.66% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above 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 16–17 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") 95 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