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Michael McCann
Labour MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Michael McCann voted on key issues:
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Energy and Climate Change, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Universal Credit, Energy: Prices, Developing Countries: Food, East Kilbride, Civil Servants
(based on written questions asked by Michael McCann and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
- Prisons (Property) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- PARTNERSHIPS (PROSECUTION) (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
- London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Income Tax (14 May 2013)
“What estimate he has made of the value of the reduction in the additional rate of income tax to 45% to a person earning £1 million a year.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Income Tax (14 May 2013)
“I am grateful for the Minister’s answer, but I can give him the answer to the question I asked: millionaires will get a cut of £42,000 under this Government’s policies. Does he think it right that those in receipt of tax credits are making a bigger financial contribution to the country’s coffers than millionaires?”
- Hezbollah (9 May 2013)
“First, in the interests of transparency, I place on record the fact that I am one of the vice-chairs of Labour Friends of Israel. I am pleased that we are having this important debate today; it presents a timely opportunity to discuss the nefarious role of Hezbollah in the middle east and beyond. This organisation is aggravating the current situation in Syria, creating instability in Lebanon...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 24 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 67.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 52 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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