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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 very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Health, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Epilepsy: Drugs, Local Government, Economic Policy, Bonuses: EU Limit, Treaties: European Union
(based on written questions asked by Jacob Rees-Mogg and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Financial Services (Banking Reform)Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Economic Situation (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of whether the UK National Reform Programme is a submission the basis of which falls within the scope of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Services: EU Law (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in hearing the UK's case regarding Regulation (EU) No 236/2012; when he expects judgment on that case to be given by the CJEU; and if he will place in the Library the written legal submissions made by the Government to the CJEU in that case.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Services: EU Law (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in hearing the UK's case regarding the European Central Bank's proposed location policy for central counterparties dealing in euro-denominated financial products; when he expects judgment on that case to be given by the CJEU; and if he will place in the Library the written...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 71 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 95.36% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 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.
- 141 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Jacob Rees-Mogg’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 304 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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