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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 for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. 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
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Never 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, Scotland
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Green Deal, Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, Forests, Catering, Forests: Nottinghamshire
(based on written questions asked by Mark Spencer and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Cervical Cancer: Screening (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance his Department issues to GPs on treatment of patients aged 20 to 25 who request cervical smear tests; (2) what his policy is on the provision by GPs of cervical smear tests to women aged between 20 and 25 who request them; (3) whether GPs are permitted to refuse cervical smear tests for patients aged between 20 and 25 years who...”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police Remuneration and Conditions (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of part 2 of the independent review of police officers' and staff remuneration and conditions.”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“I am delighted to be called to speak in this debate. The number of Members who want to speak is an indication of how important it is that the economy runs smoothly and allows the Government to do the exciting and generous things that they want to do in their programme. The economy is fundamental to that process. The same is true in our communities. In Sherwood, the fundamental issue is jobs...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.48% 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") 44 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register