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Gordon Birtwistle
Liberal Democrat MP for Burnley
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gordon Birtwistle voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Human Trafficking, Employment Tribunals Service, Businesses: Government Assistance, Badgers: Bovine Tuberculosis, National Wildlife Crime Unit
(based on written questions asked by Gordon Birtwistle and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)
“Yes, I was an apprentice engineer, and apprentices then did three or four years, but I have friends who are apprentice hairdressers and a relation who was an apprentice baker. It is wrong to decry the skills available. It might not take three or four years to learn them because of technology, but people work hard for those skills and deliver a service with them afterwards.”
- Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)
“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he is being very generous. Does he agree with the protestations of some Members that if we pull out of Europe Mercedes will still be delighted to deal with us? My concern is whether the people of Germany will still be delighted to deal with Jaguar Land Rover when we are no longer a member and tariff barriers are introduced.”
- Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)
“It is a pleasure to make a contribution to the debate on the Gracious Speech, which was delivered earlier in the week. I want to talk about the economy, particularly in relation to apprenticeships and trainees. I intervened on the shadow Secretary of State about rebalancing the economy, and he accepted that we have to do that. He did not comment when I asked him why the previous Government...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 74.94% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation 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") 41 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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