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Matthew Offord
Conservative MP for Hendon
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Matthew Offord voted on key issues:
- Voted for replacing Trident. 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 a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education, Health, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Entry Clearances: Overseas Students, Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Television: Local Broadcasting, Iraq: Iran, Egypt: Politics and Government
(based on written questions asked by Matthew Offord and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (15 out of 20)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: M1: Fires (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when her Department will publish the report into the scrap yard fire that caused disruption on the M1 in April 2011.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Food: Additives (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal incentives his Department is considering to encourage food manufacturers to reduce the amount of salt, saturated fat and artificial ingredients in food products.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Sequestration (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent progress his Department has made in establishing the UK's first carbon capture and storage project.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 215 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 89.57% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 25 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