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Kwasi Kwarteng
Conservative MP for Spelthorne
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- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kwasi Kwarteng voted on key issues:
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Transport, Treasury, Health, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Egypt: Politics and Government, Planning, Waste Management, Libya: Politics and Government, Egypt: Elections
(based on written questions asked by Kwasi Kwarteng and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
- HGV Road User Levy Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (11 out of 13)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 4 - Charge and main rate for financial year 2014 (25 Apr 2013)
“As a matter of record, can the Minister say what the thinking is behind the speed of the reduction, and what the point is at which the reduction should stop? I ask because clearly there are people in the Government—certainly among the Conservatives, and perhaps one or two Lib Dems—who would like to see corporation tax cut even further, perhaps to a rate of 15%. I just wanted to...”
- Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 2 - Personal allowance for 2013-14 for those born after 5 April 1948 (23 Apr 2013)
“The hon. Lady will appreciate that the 10-year gilt—the interest rate—has actually fallen in the past few months. That means that investors—people—have more confidence in the current Government and it is very likely that if, God forbid, Labour should ever form a Government, that 10-year rate will go up. What does she think about that?”
- Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 2 - Personal allowance for 2013-14 for those born after 5 April 1948 (23 Apr 2013)
“What does the Minister think about the Opposition’s argument that the best way to get out of a debt crisis is simply to borrow more money?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 81.96% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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 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") 56 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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