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Heather Wheeler
Conservative MP for South Derbyshire
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Heather Wheeler voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Sports: Clubs, Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
(based on written questions asked by Heather Wheeler and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Public Procurement (8 Feb 2012)
“My constituent, Mr Isham, who runs a business in Willington, is also finding it difficult to break through the barriers to obtaining Government contracts. May I encourage the Minister to come to South Derbyshire for a question and answer session with local business people, so that they can learn at first hand from the master how to apply?”
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 86.60% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above 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 15–16 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") 19 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
District Councillor on South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Office, Civic Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 8LF
Received £513.88 for work in February 2011. 5 hrs. (Registered 27 February 2011)
Received £523.50 for work in March 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 15 April 2011)
Received £523.50 for work in April 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 17 May 2011)
Received £168.86 for work in May 2011. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 17 May 2011)
Surveys completed for ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. Payments donated to South Derbyshire Conservative Association:
February-March 2011, £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 14 March 2011)
March-April 2011, £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 5 May 2011)
May 2011, £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 9 June 2011)
June 2011, £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 18 July 2011)
July 2011, £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 6 September 2011)
Surveys completed for Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY:
June 2011, payment of £150 donated to South Derbyshire Conservative Association. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 22 July 2011)
Surveys completed for Dods Parliamentary Services, 21 Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BP:
Payment of £100 donated to South Derbyshire Conservative Association. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 22 July 2011)
Surveys completed for Populus Ltd, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT:
June 2011, payment of £75 donated to South Derbyshire Conservative Association. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 8 August 2011)
July 2011, speech to Farm Women’s Club; organizer Mrs E Calcott, Wigginton Fields Farm, Wigginton, Tamworth, Staffs B79 9LK. Hours: 45 mins. Payment of £100 donated to charity. (Registered 22 July 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor:
1)European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF)
Address of donor:
1)EPF, 23 Rue Montoyer, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
2)IPPF, 4 Newhams Row, London SW1 3UZ
3)MSI, 1 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6LP
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)EPF; £1,700 (international and national flights, hotels and per diem)
2)IPPF and MSI; local transport and some meals
Destination of visit: Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal
Date of visit: 19-26 February 2011
Purpose of visit: to introduce new UK MPs to global maternal health/sexual and reproductive health and rights and international development
(Registered 2 March 2011)
Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel
Address of donor: 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,624 from CFI. Meals provided by other hosts below the registrable threshold.
Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank
Date of visit: 29 May-3 June 2011
Purpose of visit: fact finding political delegation to Israel and the West Bank
(Registered 9 June 2011)
Name of donor: Oxfam GB
Address of donor: John Smith House, Cowley, Oxfordshire, OX4 2LY
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1548.79
Destination of visit: Dar es Salaam, Morogoro and Dodoma, Tanzania
Date of visit: 13 to 19 August 2011
Purpose of visit: Study tour of Tanzania with Oxfam GB and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Agriculture and Food for Development
(Registered 18 October 2011)
Name of donor: (1) UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund; (2) Countdown 2015 Consortium
Address of donor: (1) UNFPA Office Geneva, International Environment House, 11 Chemin des Anemones, CH-1219 Chatelaine, Geneva; (2) IPPF European Network 146, Rue Royale, B-1000, Belgium
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) £1,525.05; (2) £1,016.70
Destination of visit: Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Date of visit: 21 to 28 August 2011
Purpose of visit: Visit organized by the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF) To see at first hand reproductive health and family planning and its contribution to reducing maternal mortality in Indonesia.
(Registered 15 November 2011 )
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register