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Charlie Elphicke
Conservative MP for Dover
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Charlie Elphicke voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. 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
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Communities and Local Government, Home Department, Cabinet Office, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Government Procurement Card, Trust Ports, Public Bodies, Revenue and Customs: Government Procurement Card, Dover Harbour Board
(based on written questions asked by Charlie Elphicke and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (23 out of 26)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: West Lothian Question (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent assessment he has made of progress towards resolving the West Lothian question.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“It is a pleasure, as ever, to follow the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies), who gave a particular view of economic theory and how to get economies growing. He will not be surprised to know that I completely disagree with most of his prescriptions.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“He is an economist.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 99 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 96 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 90.07% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 148 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register