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Ian Lavery
Labour MP for Wansbeck
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- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ian Lavery voted on key issues:
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Work and Pensions, Health, Communities and Local Government, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Work Capability Assessment, Prisons: Crimes of Violence, Compensation Orders, Universal Credit, Courts: Private Sector
(based on written questions asked by Ian Lavery and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Employment Law (Beecroft Report) (21 May 2012)
“This can hardly be described as an independent report. Beecroft is a paid-up member of the Tory party and he funds the Tory party. When will the constant and continuing barrage of attacks on hard-working people stop and the focus shift to the people who created the problems in the first place—the bankers?”
- Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions (17 May 2012)
“Coal will continue to provide between 27% and 50% of electricity in the UK for the foreseeable future. Can the Minister explain what Government support will be given to the British deep-mined coal industry to prevent it from extinction in the next few years?”
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is always a privilege to speak in a debate when you are fiftieth out of fifty Members, having rewritten your speech four times, for three minutes, five minutes, eight minutes and then 10 minutes, which is absolutely fabulous, and having listened to the discussions and heard everything you wanted to say and every punchline in your speech used by other people. I...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 49 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 76.53% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 56 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register