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Lindsay Roy
Labour MP for Glenrothes
- Entered Parliament on 7 November 2008 — Byelection
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lindsay Roy voted on key issues:
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. 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 laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence, International Development, Work and Pensions, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Remploy, Borders: Personal Records, Armed Forces: Uniforms, Armed Forces: Pensions, Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
(based on written questions asked by Lindsay Roy and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Superannuation bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
- Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
Most recent appearances
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“Would my hon. Friend like to add that there is nothing to tackle the mushrooming of food banks, which is calamitous in a society like ours?”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare State: Reform (14 May 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the expected percentage reduction in welfare expenditure that will be achieved through changes to the benefits system.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (13 May 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff have been made redundant by HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 73 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2008: Too little data for valid analysis.
- Has voted in 76.80% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 34 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register