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Neil Parish
Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Neil Parish voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Energy and Climate Change, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Food, Animal Welfare, Middle East, Energy: Meters, Schmallenberg Virus
(based on written questions asked by Neil Parish and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
- Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: Polyisobutene (13 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions his Department has had with the International Maritime Organisation regarding the classification of polyisobutene.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“Given that it is nearly 40 years since the British people were asked their view about what was the common market and is now the European Union—very much a political union that is driving towards integration all the time—is it not high time that we had a referendum? I would support any Bill that my hon. Friend might like to bring in.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“I agree with what my right hon. Friend is saying about our banking system. I am finding that many businesses in my constituency are still being denied credit, and especially credit at affordable rates. Is he finding the same thing happening in his constituency? If we had greater competition between more banks, we could get the rates for lending to businesses down.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 61 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 85.31% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 101 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register