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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 for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. 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
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Education, Transport, Justice, Health
- 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 — Treasury: Research: Finance (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 602W, on research: funding, what support the Chancellor of the Exchequer is providing to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises in the area of research and development.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: New Businesses: Manufacturing Industries (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of start-ups by women in the manufacturing industry.”
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“I shall focus on executive pay, an issue that has come to dominate news headlines and political debate. The public are asking questions about what is fair, necessary and acceptable, and how we are going to address this issue. The High Pay Commission has revealed that over the past decade executive remuneration in the largest listed companies has increased substantially. The median total...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.84% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 53 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register