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

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, 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)

• 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 (9 Feb 2012)

“We have just heard mention, both from the Leader of the House and his shadow, of the fact that international women’s day falls on 8 March and St David’s day falls on 1 March. The Backbench Business Committee received bids for both of those debates on Tuesday. The Leader of the House touches on a sore point, because it is impossible for the Committee to allocate those debates...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: E-petitions (9 Feb 2012)

“The Procedure Committee report was not only excellent; it was done in record time to ensure that we could have a timely debate and to ensure that the e-petition system works as well as it possibly can. Will the Government ensure that their response to the Committee’s e-petitions report comes before 6 March, so that we can consider it in the Hansard Society seminar?”

Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)

“Obviously I do not want to sound dismissive, but despite the ample amount of time that has been available in the Chamber recently, the Government have chosen not to allocate it to Back Benchers, choosing instead to allocate it to general debates both today and next Thursday on subjects that they have chosen themselves. Meanwhile, Back Benchers have suggested to our Backbench Business...”

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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 74 written questions in the last year — above 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 61.61% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 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") 111 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

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).