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John Howell
Conservative MP for Henley
- Entered Parliament on 27 June 2008 — Byelection
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Howell voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Health, Justice, Work and Pensions, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Ordnance Survey, Witnesses, Planning Permission: Appeals, Housing: Low Incomes, Townlands Hospital
(based on written questions asked by John Howell and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 1)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
- Bribery Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Equality Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Nato: At-sea Nuclear Deterrent (17 Jun 2013)
“What assessment he has made of the potential effect that a reduced number of nuclear-armed submarines would have on the UK’s ability to maintain a continuous-at-sea deterrent.”
- Nato: At-sea Nuclear Deterrent (17 Jun 2013)
“Does my right hon. Friend agree that any cost savings from a proposal to reduce the UK’s fleet of ballistic missile submarines to just two would need to take into account the requirement to maintain the UK’s sovereign submarine manufacturing capability?”
- Department of Health: GCSEs (11 Jun 2013)
“I declare an interest, in that my wife is a teacher. The Secretary of State has already referred to the opinion of the Federation of Small Businesses that eight in 10 of its members thought that school leavers were not ready for work. How will these reforms address that problem?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 91.49% 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 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") 88 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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