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David Ward
Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Ward voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 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 moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Discretionary Learner Support Fund, Students: Finance, Depleted Uranium, Local Government Finance, India: Prisoners
(based on written questions asked by David Ward and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Localism Bill Committee (18 out of 24)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“I will be. My hon. Friend has mentioned percentages. I hope he agrees that the real issue is gearing. A 10% cut in an authority with an 80% gearing of formula grant to the rest of its funding will mean an 8% reduction in its overall budget, whereas if only 20% of an authority’s funding comes from formula grant, it will experience a reduction of only 2%. That is the big issue.”
- Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill: Clause 8 — Council tax reduction schemes (31 Jan 2012)
“Those Members who sat on the Localism Bill Committee will not be too surprised by what I have to say. Before us is a series of amendments that seek to impose on local authorities an obligation to have regard to different categories and groups when coming up with their new schemes. The Opposition seem to be oscillating between complete outrage that the Secretary of State is using powers to...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 51 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 76.60% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 41 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register