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Jonathan Lord
Conservative MP for Woking
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jonathan Lord voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. 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 for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Education, Communities and Local Government, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Entry Clearances: Overseas Students, Magistrates Courts: Surrey, Magistrates Courts: Woking, Income Tax, Local Government Finance
(based on written questions asked by Jonathan Lord and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Local Government Finance (30 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average per capita grant allocated was in local government grants from central Government funds in England in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of the average per capita grant in 2011-12.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Income Tax (30 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Woking constituency pay income tax at (a) 20 per cent, (b) 40 per cent and (c) 50 per cent; and how much revenue was raised from (i) income tax and (ii) national insurance contributions in Woking constituency in the tax year (A) 2009-10 and (B) 2010-11.”
- Outsourcing (Government Departments) (25 Apr 2012)
“We seem to be hearing a political diatribe against outsourcing. What would the hon. Gentleman say the previous Government were up to when they successfully outsourced many services? Indeed, many Labour councils, as well as Conservative and Liberal Democrat councils, followed in the footsteps of those pioneering Conservative councils of the early 1980s, by outsourcing services to give people a...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 86.28% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — 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") 14 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register