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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 greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. 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 moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Culture Media and Sport, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Egypt, Sports: Clubs, Herbal Medicine: Regulation, Venture Capital, Milk: Prices
(based on written questions asked by Heather Wheeler and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
- Mobile Homes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (Developing Countries) (4 Jun 2013)
“It is a is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I congratulate the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatrick) on securing this important debate on the evil that is TB. I draw your attention, Mr Caton, to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I want make a short contribution today. Earlier in the year, I was fortunate to visit...”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Venture Capital (15 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the amount of funding invested in small and medium-sized enterprises through venture capital trusts since their introduction; and what assessment he has made of future trends in such investment; (2) what assessment he has made of the number of jobs to be created in small and medium-sized enterprises as a result of...”
- Tributes to Baroness Thatcher (10 Apr 2013)
“I represent an old mining area, and, as folk might imagine, some of the e-mails that I have received have been quite lively. However, I have been reminded that unemployment in my area is now 2.8%. The old mines have gone. People remember the difficulties that arose between the Union of Democratic Mineworkers, whose members did not strike, and the National Union of Mineworkers, whose members...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.63% 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 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
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
