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Nicholas Dakin
Labour MP for Scunthorpe

• Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

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• Register of Members’ Interests

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Nicholas Dakin voted on key issues:

• Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
• Voted for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. 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 against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Has never voted on 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: Education, Business, Innovation and Skills, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Education: Finance, Education Maintenance Allowance, Occupational Pensions, School Sport Partnerships: Finance, Apprentices

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Localism Bill Committee (18 out of 24)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (10 out of 14)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Interpreters (Prosecutions) (22 May 2012)

“If he will assess the effect on the cost of prosecutions of delays caused by the absence of an interpreter.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Interpreters (Prosecutions) (22 May 2012)

“Apparently, Jajo the rabbit is now a registered interpreter and translator. Does the Solicitor-General agree that that latest embarrassment illustrates the utter shambles that the contracting out of the interpreter and translator service has become?”

Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 9 — Regulations about powers to require information, offences and penalties (21 May 2012)

“My right hon. Friend, as ever, speaks with great clarity and integrity. The core of the issue, as he is showing, is that it appears that there will be unintended consequences that create a disincentive to work for those very people.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 108 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 100 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 75.99% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 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") 89 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

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