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Jason McCartney
Conservative MP for Colne Valley
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jason McCartney voted on key issues:
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Defence, Work and Pensions, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs, Health Services: Foreign Nationals, Industrial Health and Safety, Hepatitis, Armed Forces: Empty Housing
(based on written questions asked by Jason McCartney and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Nato: Topical Questions (17 Jun 2013)
“Eighteen-year-old Private Thomas Wroe from Meltham, in my constituency, was serving in the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment when he was killed by a rogue Afghan policeman last September. Next Thursday, Helme Hall care home will open the Tom Wroe complex care facility, a specialised unit for adults with complex care needs. Tom’s mother, Claire, is a manager at the home. Does my right...”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Poultry: Tumours (17 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the incidence of (a) malignant oviduct magnum tumours and (b) non-malignant tumours in spent laying hens was in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.”
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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 46 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 80.50% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 69 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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