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John Woodcock
Labour MP for Barrow and Furness
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Woodcock voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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 against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Health, Defence, Communities and Local Government, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Billing, Departmental Consultants, Roads: Snow and Ice, Trident, Large Goods Vehicles: Tolls
(based on written questions asked by John Woodcock and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Death: Drugs (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths in the UK were attributed to legal highs in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish an updated version of his Department's paper, State Pension entitlements derived from a current or former spouse's or civil partner's national insurance contributions to take into account the changed introduction date of the single-tier state pension.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of women nearing state pension age who will be financially disadvantaged by the introduction of the single-tier state pension as a result of an expectation of being able to rely on their husband's contributions to provide entitlement to a basic state pension.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 198 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 64.32% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 108 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register