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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:
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- 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 very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Human Trafficking, Chinook Helicopters, Businesses: Government Assistance, Hospitals, Badgers: Bovine Tuberculosis
(based on written questions asked by Gordon Birtwistle and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Drugs: Regulation (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the level of regulation governing the sale of motion sickness tablets for the purpose of improving access.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Human Trafficking: Children (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to prevent further incidences of child trafficking.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (25 Apr 2012)
“Last week, I met the chief executive of the fourth largest manufacturing group in the UK, Unison Engineering, which has a substantial factory in Burnley. He has been instructed by his US board to increase the turnover of his UK operations so as to take advantage of the Government’s industrial strategy. He is concerned about the lack of skills. [ Interruption. ] Can my right hon. Friend...”
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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 14 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 75.09% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 24 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register