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Gareth Johnson
Conservative MP for Dartford

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Gareth Johnson voted on key issues:

    • Voted for replacing Trident. 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 very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted against a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Health, Education, Home Department, Justice, Transport

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Roads: Accidents, Dyslexia, Dartford-Thurrock Crossing, Social Security Benefits: Fraud, Schools: Inspections

    (based on written questions asked by Gareth Johnson and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Probation Service (21 May 2013)

    “I congratulate the Minister on his proposals to change the way in which the probation service works, particularly in respect of short-term prisoners. Will he clarify what the criteria will be to determine whether someone has successfully completed that period of probation?”

    Business of the House: Rehabilitation of Offenders (9 May 2013)

    “Does the Secretary of State agree that behind every short term of imprisonment is a reason for offending, yet the lack of a system prevents us from getting to the root of that reason? We need the probation service or any other provider to ensure that we work and assist these offenders in the longer term, because if we get this right, it provides the best opportunity in a generation to turn...”

    Business of the House: Child-care Ratios (9 May 2013)

    “Does the Minister agree that the current rigid child-to-staff ratio holds back opportunities for staff and the salaries that they can earn, and that that is why we need a more flexible system?”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 77 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Has voted in 89.00% 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") 49 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Employed as a solicitor by Thomas Boyd Whyte Solicitors, 302 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent.
    Received £800 gross in April 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 30 May 2012)
    Received £800 gross in May 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 30 May 2012)
    Received £800 gross in June 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 3 July 2012)
    Received £800 gross in July 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 5 September 2012)
    Received £800 gross in August 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 5 September 2012)
    Received £800 gross in September 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 24 September 2012)
    Received £800 gross in October 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 9 November 2012)
    Received £800 gross in November 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 9 November 2012)
    Received £800 gross in December 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 26 February 2013)
    Received £800 gross in January 2013. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 26 February 2013)
    Received £800 gross in February 2013. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 26 February 2013)
    October 2012, I received £150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for market research. Hours: 1 hr. Payment donated to Dartford Conservatives. (Registered 9 November 2012)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor:
    Address of donor:
    1)55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
    2)Kurdistan Democratic Party, Salahideen, Erbil, Iraq
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,920 covering flights, transportation, accommodation and meals
    Destination of visit: Iraqi Kurdistan
    Date of visit: 27-30 August 2012
    Purpose of visit: to enhance international relations
    (Registered 6 September 2012)

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

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