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Ian Mearns
Labour MP for Gateshead
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ian Mearns voted on key issues:
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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: Education, Communities and Local Government, Work and Pensions, Health, Energy and Climate Change
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Public Expenditure, Schools: Vocational Guidance, Free Schools, Access to Work Programme, Poverty: Children
(based on written questions asked by Ian Mearns and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Localism Bill Committee (20 out of 24)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Education: School Meals: Gateshead (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average price of a school meal is in Gateshead.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Poverty: Children (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children living in poverty after housing costs have been deducted are in families with gross household earnings of more than (a) £1,000 per year, (b) £4,000 per year, (c) £6,000 per year and (d) £7,500 per year.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Poverty: Children (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children in Gateshead are living in poverty after housing costs have been deducted.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 70 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 75.09% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 19–20 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") 42 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register