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Jane Ellison
Conservative MP for Battersea
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jane Ellison voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Communities and Local Government, International Development
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Pet Animals Act 1951, Pets, Access to Work, India: Entry Clearances, Rail Franchising
(based on written questions asked by Jane Ellison and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (11 out of 13)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (25 out of 26)
Most recent appearances
- Mental Health (16 May 2013)
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to speak in this debate. I had not planned to do so, but I realised earlier today that I wanted to address an aspect of female genital mutilation, which I have discussed often in the House. When I listened to the opening speeches, I realised that I have never talked about an issue that many of the campaigners I work with discuss a lot, namely...”
- Mental Health (16 May 2013)
“That does not relate strictly to the debate topic, but I will answer. We do not strictly know, but a growing body of evidence suggests that FGM does happen here. The girls I meet through some of the groups I work with will say off the record that it is happening here, but it is more difficult to get people to say so on the record and to point the police in the right direction. For example,...”
- Mental Health (16 May 2013)
“No; to the eternal shame of this country, in 25 years of this being an illegal act, there have been no prosecutions. In recent times—I will return to the mental health aspects in a moment, Mr Deputy Speaker—we have had encouragement because Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has been really good on this issue. He has a new action plan for the Crown Prosecution...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 53 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 88.02% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — 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") 80 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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