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Jake Berry
Conservative MP for Rossendale and Darwen

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Jake Berry voted on key issues:

    • Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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 very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted for replacing Trident. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Education, Culture Media and Sport, Home Department

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Pupils: Disadvantaged, Disability Living Allowance, Mobile Phones, Academies, Departmental Consultants

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    Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: House of Lords Reform (22 May 2012)

    “If we are to have real reform of the House of Lords and to restore trust in politics, not only should the House of Lords be largely elected, but is it not now time to send the ermine up the motorway to one of our great northern cities, such as Manchester or Sheffield?”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 42 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has voted in 85.38% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 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") 29 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for completing surveys:
    April 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 26 May 2011)
    May 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 26 May 2011)
    June 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 27 June 2011)
    August 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 15 August 2011)
    December 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 60 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 22 December 2011)
    February 2012, payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 16 February 2012)
    Consultant to Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (UK) LLP as a consultant solicitor advising on client services, business development and on other specific matters. Address: Trinity Court, 16 John Dalton Street, Manchester M60 8HS. Payment received on a monthly basis.
    July 2011, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in May 2011. Registered 3 August 2011)
    July 2011, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in June 2011. (Registered 3 August 2011)
    August 2011, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in July 2011. (Registered 3 August 2011)
    September 2011, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in August 2011. (Registered 1 November 2011)
    October 2011, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in September 2011. (Registered 1 November 2011)
    November 2011, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in October 2011. (Registered 15 December2011)
    December 2011, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in November 2011. (Registered 15 December 2011)
    January 2012, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in December 2011. (Registered 26 January 2012)
    February 2012, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in January 2012. (Registered 16 February 2012)
    March 2012, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in February 2012. (Registered 7 April 2012)
    March 2012, payment of £1,250. Hours: 16 hrs in March 2012. (Registered 7 April 2012)
    8. Land and Property
    A share of commercial property in Liverpool, from which rental income is received.
    A share of a flat in Liverpool, from which rental income is received.
    A share of a house in Rhoscolyn, North Wales
    A house in Rhoscolyn, North Wales, from which rental income is received.

    Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register

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