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Catherine McKinnell
Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Catherine McKinnell voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Attorney-General, Health, Home Department, Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, Members: Correspondence, Apprentices, EU Grants and Loans: North East, Departmental Redundancy
(based on written questions asked by Catherine McKinnell and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: Driving under Influence (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information she has available on the number of road traffic (a) violations and (b) accidents in which a driver has consumed alcohol below the legal limit.”
- Written Answers — Education: Children in Care: Missing Persons (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on collecting data on the number of children who go missing from care each year.”
- Written Answers — Education: Free School Meals (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what representations he has received on the effects on children of free school meals.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 76 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 72.02% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below 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 19–20 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") 59 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