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Natascha Engel
Labour MP for North East Derbyshire

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Natascha Engel voted on key issues:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. 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 very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
• Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Health, Treasury, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Dental Services: Standards, Children: Maintenance, Public Bills, Work Capability Assessment, Single Room Rent Restrictions

(based on written questions asked by Natascha Engel and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Mobile Homes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Finance Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Health Bill Committee (7 out of 12)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 12)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (13 Jun 2013)

“Now that the Backbench Business Committee has reconvened, will the Leader of the House work with us to redesign the e-petitions system, so that it becomes much clearer who is being petitioned and what an e-petition can realistically achieve?”

Economic Growth (15 May 2013)

“It is a great pleasure for me to take part in this final day of the Queen’s Speech debate, and to talk about the Government’s plan for economic growth. I have serious concerns about their proposals for the big infrastructure project HS2, which will mean that high-speed trains will go through the northern part of my constituency, just south of Sheffield—through Staveley,...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 66.08% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 142 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,069 (178th). Rail £1,896 (364th).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,825 (131st). Rail £1,092 (427th). Other: Rail £9 (196th).

³ Car £6,204 (65th). 3rd party £129 (30th). Rail £641 (455th).