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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 very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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: Education, Communities and Local Government, Work and Pensions, Health, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Public Expenditure, Ministerial Policy Advisers, Schools: Vocational Guidance, Academies, Free Schools
(based on written questions asked by Ian Mearns and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- FINANCE BILL Committee (12 out of 12)
- Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- HGV Road User Levy Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
- FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
- Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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 (14 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 91 - Charge to tax (13 Jun 2013)
“Given my local government experience, I have been interested in the topic for a long time. Due to the way council tax was introduced after the abandonment of the community charge, or poll tax as it was known, the banding system has had different impacts in different parts of the country. In places such as Gateshead, where 67% of properties were in band A, the band D median became quite...”
- Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 91 - Charge to tax (13 Jun 2013)
“We need to reiterate from time to time that the downturn and the ongoing crisis in our economy are having very different effects in different places. Although we were told this week that, thankfully, unemployment went down for the whole country by 5,000, in the north-east, unemployment actually rose by 4,000, to 131,000 or 10.1% of the working population; added to that we have youth...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (13 Jun 2013)
“I am sure the Secretary of State will have noted that, while unemployment fell by 5,000 this week across the UK, it rose in the north-east of England by 4,000 to 131,000. That means that 10.1% of our working population, and 24.9% of our young people, are now unemployed. Will he meet me and other colleagues to discuss how we can alleviate that individual suffering and unleash the potential of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 37 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 76.97% 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 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") 66 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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