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Anne Main
Conservative MP for St Albans

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Anne Main voted on key issues:

• Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
• Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. 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 moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes

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• Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Data Protection, Tax Credits, Hotels, Departmental Property, Carbon Emissions

(based on written questions asked by Anne Main and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Energy Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Planning Bill Committee (0 out of 18)
• Energy Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (2 out of 5)

Most recent appearances

[Mr David Amess in the Chair] — Backbench business — Network Rail (2 Feb 2012)

“I thank the Minister for his rather rushed response. I accept that he was under pressure of time. I look forward to seeing his written response to any other points that were raised. This has been a valuable and conciliatory debate. As my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton South (Mr Binley) said, it is not about a blame game; it is about ensuring that we have the railway service that our...”

[Mr David Amess in the Chair] — Backbench business — Network Rail (2 Feb 2012)

“The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point. Such cases are deemed to involve force majeure, however, and something over which Network Rail has no control, unless it was derelict in its duty to police the railway line. As such, Network Rail would not be seen to be failing, but I believe that it is failing on things over which it has control.”

[Mr David Amess in the Chair] — Backbench business — Network Rail (2 Feb 2012)

“My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. When I was looking to research this debate—I did not want to get too involved—I was amazed, in respect of contract tendering, that Network Rail’s costs for a job seem to be padded out with all the worst-case scenarios and it comes up with a massive figure and adds a bit on top for good luck. If everybody operated like that, nobody...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 63 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 87 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 81.74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 192 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £269 (558th). Rail £3,009 (285th).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,171 (501st). Rail £3,544 (260th).

³ Car £1,769 (447th). Rail £75 (557th). Other £3,440 (6th).