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Grahame Morris
Labour MP for Easington
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Grahame Morris voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): General Practitioners, NHS: Reorganisation, Local Enterprise Partnerships, NHS Commissioning Board, Disability: Children
(based on written questions asked by Grahame Morris and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (39 out of 40)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions (22 May 2012)
“May I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to an answer he gave a few moments ago, and ask whether he is aware that figures have been placed in the House of Commons Library this morning showing that public sector debt has risen from £12,500 per head in May 2010 to £16,200 per head in April 2012? Is this figure— [Interruption.] It’s higher. Is this higher figure a result of...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Serious Fraud Office (22 May 2012)
“What recent discussions he has had with the Director of the Serious Fraud Office about the future of that organisation.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Serious Fraud Office (22 May 2012)
“In view of the really bad press that the Serious Fraud Office has been getting of late, has the Solicitor-General had an opportunity to consider the failure of the Department for Work and Pensions properly to assess the risk of fraud at A4e and, in particular, to obtain key evidence relating to internal audit documents, as identified by the National Audit Office this week? Does he believe...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 59 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 124 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 80.87% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 93 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