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Duncan Hames
Liberal Democrat MP for Chippenham
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Duncan Hames voted on key issues:
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Justice, Health, Work and Pensions, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals, Appeals: Employment and Support Allowance, Armed Forces: Disciplinary Proceedings, Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Export Credit Guarantees
(based on written questions asked by Duncan Hames and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Petrol Prices (15 May 2013)
“The allegations of price rigging that are being investigated by the European Commission directorate-general for competition stretch over nearly a decade—they go back over years under the Secretary of State’s Government and over even more years under the previous one. At 8p a litre on the price of fuel, the scale of the price distortions is potentially vast. Given the scale of the...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Electric Vehicles (25 Apr 2013)
“What plans he has for incentives to encourage the take-up of electric vehicles.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Electric Vehicles (25 Apr 2013)
“The take-up of electric vehicles is accelerating but from low initial levels. Among those grants, would the Minister consider support for a national rapid charging network to encourage the transition to electric vehicles by motorists?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 85 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 82.60% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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 19–20 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") 83 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