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Jonathan Reynolds
Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jonathan Reynolds voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Health, Defence, Business, Innovation and Skills, Education
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Working Tax Credit, Continuing Care, Strategic Defence and Security Review, Medicine: Education, Railways: Manchester
(based on written questions asked by Jonathan Reynolds and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Localism Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Employment Law (Beecroft Report) (21 May 2012)
“Will the Minister concede that given the huge problems facing our economy of a lack of aggregate demand and confidence, further adding to job insecurity, as the report suggests, could make the UK’s recession even worse? People who fear for their jobs do not spend their money.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Data Protection (1 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether his Department is taking steps to inform the public about the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation.”
- Business of the House (26 Apr 2012)
“How can we not have an urgent debate about the state of the economy before we prorogue? If the GDP figures yesterday had been positive, the Government would cite that as proof that the strategy was working, but they were not—they were terrible. Should the Government not think again, show some humility and give the House a chance to debate that?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 60 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 70.76% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 39 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