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Chris Evans
Labour MP for Islwyn

• Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

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• Register of Members’ Interests

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Chris Evans voted on key issues:

• Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
• Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
• Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted strongly against 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: Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Transport, Treasury, Energy and Climate Change

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Ex-servicemen: Radiation Exposure, Stomach Cancer, Mutual Societies, New Enterprise Allowance, Energy: Prices

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Pensions Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Financial Services Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Employment Law (Beecroft Report) (21 May 2012)

“Is there not a danger that having a different employment regime for workers in small businesses employing fewer than 10 people could be a disincentive to growing that business?”

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Budget (16 May 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the recent Budget on the economy of Northern Ireland.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 86 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 75.63% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 15–16 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") 56 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

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