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Gareth Johnson
Conservative MP for Dartford
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gareth Johnson voted on key issues:
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Education, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Disability Living Allowance: Dartford, Apprentices: Kent, Hospitals: Consultants, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls
(based on written questions asked by Gareth Johnson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency roadside tax disc checks there in Kent in each of the last five years; and how many drivers have been prosecuted as a result of such checks.”
- Written Answers — Education: Science: GCSE (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in Dartford constituency achieved A* to C grades in GCSE (a) biology, (b) chemistry, (c) physics and (d) combined sciences in each of the last three years.”
- Written Answers — Justice: Drugs: Convictions (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were charged with possession of cannabis in (a) Dartford constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England in each of the last five years.”
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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 65 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 90.85% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 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") 30 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register