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Chris Evans
Labour MP for Islwyn
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Chris Evans voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. 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 a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. 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, Energy and Climate Change, Transport, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Ex-servicemen: Radiation Exposure, Energy: Prices, Stomach Cancer, Mutual Societies, New Enterprise Allowance
(based on written questions asked by Chris Evans and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
- Presumption of Death Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- 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
- Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: (25 Apr 2013)
“Further to that point of order, Mr Amess. Thank you for allowing me to indulge in a point of order. I came to this Committee late, and I was faced with Government and Opposition Whips speaking to you. I was not privy to that conversation, and I do not know what advice you were given. I would be grateful if you could relay it to the Committee.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Rail Fares/Ticketing Review (25 Apr 2013)
“What progress his Department is making on its rail fares and ticketing review; and if he will make a statement.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Rail Fares/Ticketing Review (25 Apr 2013)
“Commuters in Islwyn will pay three times as much as their counterparts in Scotland, whose Government are freezing off-peak rail fares next year. Do this Government plan to do the same here?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 34 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 75.64% 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") 87 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register