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Brandon Lewis
Conservative MP for Great Yarmouth
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Brandon Lewis voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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, Business, Innovation and Skills, Health, Work and Pensions, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Postal Services, RRS Discovery, Public Transport: Concessions, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Pensions
(based on written questions asked by Brandon Lewis and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“While the shadow Chancellor is busy doing down the British economy, will he not equally recognise the fact that in areas like Great Yarmouth, which Labour left as one of the most deprived in the country, we are seeing hundreds of millions of pounds of investment from and in local companies, put in by organisations and countries like Japan, so that the jobs are growing in the enterprise zones?”
- Written Answers — Education: Curriculum: Outdoor Education (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing elements of outdoor education into the national curriculum.”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Water Supply (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information her Department holds on steps being taken by water companies to safeguard water supplies by preventing internal leaks.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 77 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 102 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 89.47% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 70 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register