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Esther McVey
Conservative MP for Wirral West

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    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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    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)

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    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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    Register of Members’ Interests

    1. Directorships
    Making It (UK) Ltd, 27 Seymour Terrace Liverpool L3 5PE. Provision of serviced offices.
    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payments received from Sky News, BSkyB, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 QD, for newspaper reviews on Sky News Channel:
    £100 received on 11 May 2012. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 6 June 2012)
    £500 received on 26 June 2012 for newspaper reviews on 30 July 2011, 24 September 2011 and 29 January 2012, and further television appearances on 4 February and 29 April 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (3 hrs for each appearance) (Registered 27 June 2012)
    £300 received on 17 July 2012 for television appearances on 13 May, 17 June and 2 July 2012. (3 hrs for each appearance) (Registered 18 July 2012)
    £150 received on 9 January 2013 from Ipsos Mori, 79-81 Borough Rd, London SE1 1FY, for opinion survey. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2013)
    8. Land and Property
    Commercial property in Liverpool from which rental income is received.

    Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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