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Margaret Ritchie
Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for South Down, Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for South Down
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
- Entered the Assembly on 26 November 2003 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Margaret Ritchie voted on key issues:
- Voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Northern Ireland, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Work and Pensions, Energy and Climate Change
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Welfare State: Reform, Aggregates Levy: Northern Ireland, Bill of Rights, Sellafield, Common Fisheries Policy
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall (22 Feb 2012)
“Cost of fuel duties in Northern Ireland – Margaret Ritchie. ”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Canal and River Trust: Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what Barnett consequentials will result from the Government's grant to the Canal and River Trust.”
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Enterprise Zones (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in the introduction of enterprise zones in Northern Ireland.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 65 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 24.26% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 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") 29 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register