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Esther McVey
Conservative MP for Wirral West
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Esther McVey voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for 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: Business, Innovation and Skills, Education, Transport, Health, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Overseas Students: Loans, Science: Research, Cancer: Drugs, Students: Loans, Pupil Exclusions
(based on written questions asked by Esther McVey and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (25 out of 26)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disposable Income (21 May 2013)
“It is not possible to provide figures either by local authority area or by constituency, due to small sample sizes. Figures can only be provided either by region, by country, or for the UK as a whole. In 2010-11 across the UK there were 2.3 million disabled individuals living in households with incomes below 60% of contemporary median net disposable household income, before housing costs; and...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (21 May 2013)
“Personal independence payment has been designed to provide support tailored to an individual’s personal circumstances. We do not think it right that we should have different rules for people purely on the basis of specific illnesses and conditions they have; labelling individuals by their impairments and making blanket decisions about benefit entitlement. However, there are fast-track...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (21 May 2013)
“Assessments for personal independence payment will comply with the Department for Work and Pensions’ obligations under the Welsh Language Act (1993). All materials relating to the assessment process will be available in Welsh and the assessment itself can be carried out by a Welsh speaker, if requested.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 81.20% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 123 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