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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:
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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, Energy and Climate Change
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs, Health Services: Foreign Nationals, Armed Forces: Empty Housing, Independent Financial Advisers: Qualifications, Blood: Contamination
(based on written questions asked by Jason McCartney and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: Large Goods Vehicles (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she is taking to prevent unsuitably large vehicles from using small local roads and lanes.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Crime Prevention (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the community crime fighters programme.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Alcohol-related Antisocial Behaviour (21 May 2012)
“What steps she is taking to tackle alcohol-related antisocial behaviour.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 76 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 50 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 82.31% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 46 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register