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Gavin Williamson
Conservative MP for South Staffordshire
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gavin Williamson 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 for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Culture Media and Sport, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mass Media, Departmental Mobile Phones, Departmental Advertising, Departmental Visits Abroad, Departmental Rail Travel
(based on written questions asked by Gavin Williamson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Superannuation bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: BAE Systems (30 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many projects being delivered by BAE Systems for his Department are overrunning in (a) time and (b) budget.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Leveson Inquiry (25 Apr 2012)
“Will my right hon. Friend tell the House whether he is a godfather to any of Mr Murdoch’s children and whether he agrees that the Labour party is showing a fair amount of brass neck?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Aerospace Industry (25 Apr 2012)
“What recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues and others on the aerospace industry in Wales.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 102 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 90.07% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 48 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