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Mark Spencer
Conservative MP for Sherwood
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Spencer voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Home Department, Energy and Climate Change, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Ministerial Visits: Nottinghamshire, Green Deal, Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, Nottinghamshire, Local Government Finance
(based on written questions asked by Mark Spencer and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (21 May 2013)
“. What can the Secretary of State do the reverse the increase in the compensation culture in the UK?”
- Road Traffic Offences (Sentencing) (16 May 2013)
“My hon. Friend is doing a fine job of outlining for the House the current tools available in the tool box. Ministry of Justice figures show that, tragically, the number of motoring deaths remained static between 2002 and 2012. Meanwhile, the number of convictions for dangerous and aggravated offences has come down and the number of convictions for careless driving has gone up, which suggests...”
- Road Traffic Offences (Sentencing) (16 May 2013)
“Will the Minister talk to his colleagues in the Home Office to see whether people who are convicted of a driving offence while on holiday could conduct their road awareness training back in their own county to save them driving back to the location of the offence?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 83.25% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 79 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register