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Mel Stride
Conservative MP for Central Devon
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mel Stride voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Culture Media and Sport, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Road Fuel Testing Unit, Excise Duties: Wines, Tourism, Early Access Scheme, Cancer: Health Services
(based on written questions asked by Mel Stride and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“Will the hon. Gentleman congratulate the Government on maintaining our triple A credit rating status and acknowledge the fact that we have among the lowest long-term interest rates in the world at the moment? That is a major achievement.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that according to Companies House there were more new business start-ups in the last quarter than at any time since this Government came to office?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Ministerial Code (Culture Secretary) (30 Apr 2012)
“Will the Prime Minister confirm that a civil service-led inquiry would have absolutely no power to summon a Minister under oath and that nor would it be held in public? Does he therefore agree that at this stage following the Leveson route is the best way of giving the Secretary of State his opportunity to clear the record and to find the truth?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 90.25% 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 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") 48 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register