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Ian Swales
Liberal Democrat MP for Redcar
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ian Swales voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- 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 strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Health, Energy and Climate Change, Work and Pensions, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Insolvency Service: Stockton on Tees, Carbon Sequestration, Corporation Tax: Redcar, Business: Government Assistance, Carers: Travel
(based on written questions asked by Ian Swales and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (22 out of 26)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Nato: Pensions Bill (17 Jun 2013)
“My hon. Friend is making a powerful and persuasive speech. Does he recognise the point I made earlier about communication? Does he also recognise that certain cohorts need to be given clear information very quickly, as there are women born in 1952 who will be pensioners by the end of this year?”
- Nato: Pensions Bill (17 Jun 2013)
“Does the hon. Lady regret the fact that two out of every five people who qualify for pension credit do not claim it, and does she welcome the measures in the Bill that will reduce the number of people who have to face the issue of means-testing?”
- Nato: Pensions Bill (17 Jun 2013)
“I recognise the hon. Gentleman’s expertise on these issues. Does he agree that we have a big job to do on communication, not just around the new flat-rate pension, but around how various groups will be affected? For example, MPs are already getting representations from existing pensioners who feel that the new arrangements are unfair on them. Communication is key.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 79.10% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 81 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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