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Jacob Rees-Mogg
Conservative MP for North East Somerset
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jacob Rees-Mogg voted on key issues:
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Wales, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Epilepsy: Drugs, Employment: Location, Constituencies, Economic Policy, Economic and Monetary Union
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Ministerial Code (Culture Secretary) (30 Apr 2012)
“Does the Prime Minister recall the words of his noble predecessor, Baroness Thatcher, who said that advisers advise and Ministers decide? Does not a judicious Prime Minister consider things thoughtfully and carefully before making up his mind, and would not only a socialist Yahoo make up his mind in 23 minutes?”
- Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 4) Bill: Clause 5 - Main rate of corporation tax for financial year 2012 (26 Apr 2012)
“That is a very eccentric view of taxation. Companies have an obligation to obey the law and pay the taxes that are required under the laws of the countries in which they operate. If we in Parliament are not capable of passing laws that tax them, that is our fault. It is not the fault of the companies.”
- Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 4) Bill: Clause 5 - Main rate of corporation tax for financial year 2012 (26 Apr 2012)
“Before my hon. Friend finishes, I want to inquire whether he is going to paint the white cliffs of Dover red.”
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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 1 written question in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 95.85% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above 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") 161 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register