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James Wharton
Conservative MP for Stockton South
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How James Wharton voted on key issues:
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. 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 against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Energy and Climate Change, Health, Education, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Insolvency Service: Stockton on Tees, Renewable Energy, Asylum: Finance, Traffic Penalty Tribunal, Business: Government Assistance
(based on written questions asked by James Wharton and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: High Speed 2 Railway Line (11 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that the Hybrid Bill process for High Speed 2 is compliant with (a) the public participation requirements of the Aarhus Convention and (b) the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive. [R]”
- Cleveland Fire Authority (13 May 2013)
“This is very important, because I am sure that a lot of Cleveland firefighters are watching this debate or will follow it up. In my discussions with my hon. Friend, we have talked not only about the risks of privatisation and why the Government are against it, but the employment rights and conditions of the firefighters who work there. Whatever the Government allow to happen, will he confirm...”
- Cleveland Fire Authority (13 May 2013)
“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 23 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 87.86% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 37 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register