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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:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. 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 replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. 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)
- Presumption of Death Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Pensions Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Fares (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to publish his review of rail fares.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Fares (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on the cost of rail fares.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Disconnections (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in the UK who have been disconnected by their gas supplier in the last 12 months; (2) what recent assessment he has made of the number of households in the UK who have been disconnected by their electricity supplier in the last 12 months.”
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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 38 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 75.83% 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