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Craig Whittaker
Conservative MP for Calder Valley
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Craig Whittaker voted on key issues:
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Education, Treasury, International Development, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Defence: Procurement, Railways: Franchises, Housing Benefit, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Corporation Tax
(based on written questions asked by Craig Whittaker and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House: Health Transition Risk Register (10 May 2012)
“Will my right hon. Friend tell the House how many times, under the previous Government’s many reforms of the NHS, risk registers were routinely published as a matter of course?”
- Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Franchises (1 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to her proposal not to expand open access competition, what mechanism she plans to put in place to offer services on rail lines where franchised service operators traditionally do not wish to operate but open access providers do; and if she will make a statement.”
- Written Answers — Education: Pupils: Disadvantaged (1 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will bring forward proposals to make all adopted children eligible for the pupil premium.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 51 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 83.39% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 18–19 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") 25 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register