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Gordon Henderson
Conservative MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gordon Henderson voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. 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 against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Communities and Local Government, Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Health Insurance, Procurement, Excise Duties: Gaming Machines, Departmental Procurement, Palestinians
(based on written questions asked by Gordon Henderson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
- Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Alcohol Licensing Advertising — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] (18 Jun 2013)
“It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. Earlier this year, the Government held a consultation on licensing notices. In essence, Ministers are considering scrapping the statutory requirement for those applying for an alcohol licence to advertise that application in their local newspaper. In this debate, I intend not only to raise the concerns of my local newspapers...”
- Alcohol Licensing Advertising — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] (18 Jun 2013)
“I welcome the intervention of my hon. Friend—a corridor friend—and I note how subtly he plugged his local newspaper. As it happens, I was about to say that my local newspapers include the Kent Messenger, Kent on Sunday, the Sheerness Times Guardian and the Sittingbourne News Extra. I have many local newspapers in my patch. One of the most important sections in a local newspaper is...”
- Alcohol Licensing Advertising — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] (18 Jun 2013)
“I welcome the comment from my hon. Friend, whose constituency in Kent is also covered by the Kent Messenger, which he forgot to mention. He is right and, as I shall say later, newspapers not only carry the notices, but articles or editorials on the subject as well. In the Home Office document, “A consultation on delivering the Government’s policies to cut alcohol fuelled crime and...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 61 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.48% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above 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 18–19 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") 47 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register