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Ian Paisley Jnr
DUP MP for North Antrim, Former DUP MLA for North Antrim
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
- Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
- Left the Assembly on 20 June 2010 — Resigned
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ian Paisley Jnr voted on key issues:
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on 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
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence, Education, Leader of the House
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Northern Ireland, EU Institutions: Fines, Devolution, UNESCO: Finance, EU Grants and Loans: Northern Ireland
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (5 out of 26)
- Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 10 — Responsibility for children and young persons (1 Feb 2012)
“It would be churlish to not recognise that the Government have listened, because a £100 access fee would have been prohibitive to families, especially the most vulnerable families, who matter most in all this. I put on record my thanks to the Government for listening on that point, because that will allow more engagement with the statutory agencies, which is how we can get to the bottom...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“Has the shadow Minister not just illustrated that this is a Greater London-centric issue, given that 60% of the high claims and high benefit payments are in the Greater London area? Across Northern Ireland, only one claimant is in receipt of an amount that would reflect a higher benefit. Yes, something needs to be said about London, but this issue does not affect the whole of the UK in the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 34.47% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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 — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register