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Karen Lumley
Conservative MP for Redditch
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Karen Lumley voted on key issues:
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education, Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Maldives, Pupils: Disadvantaged, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and Government, Alcoholic Drinks: Prices, Academies
(based on written questions asked by Karen Lumley and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (0 out of 1)
- Prisons (Property) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Corporation Tax (15 May 2013)
“What assessment he has made of the potential effects in Wales of the reduction in the rate of corporation tax to 20%.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Corporation Tax (15 May 2013)
“As well as reducing corporation tax, what else can the Government do to help small businesses in Wales?”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Serbia: Kosovo (15 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the recent negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo.”
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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 119 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 76.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 43 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register