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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 very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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 very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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More on their full record
- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Defence, Work and Pensions, Home Department
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Offending by Probationers (21 May 2013)
“What steps he plans to take to reduce the number of offences committed by people on probation.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Offending by Probationers (21 May 2013)
“I would like to take this opportunity to praise the innovative work that my local Kirklees probation service is doing to bring down offending rates. Rates in West Yorkshire are down by 10% and in Kirklees the reduction is nearly 17%. I spent time with my local service over the Easter recess. What effect will the extension to a minimum of 12 months’ supervision in the community now have?”
- Written Answers — Attorney-General: Prosecutions (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Attorney-General what measures the police and Crown Prosecution Service are taking to reduce the decision time in choosing to bring a prosecution forward.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 63 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 41 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 80.95% 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") 66 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 22 Apr 2013. More about the Register