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Nicholas Dakin
Labour MP for Scunthorpe
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nicholas Dakin voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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 against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Education: Finance, Education Maintenance Allowance, Cancer, Occupational Pensions, Arthritis
(based on written questions asked by Nicholas Dakin and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- 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
- Petition — Bedroom Tax (20 May 2013)
“I am pleased to be able to present the petition on behalf of residents of Scunthorpe on the impact of the bedroom tax, particularly in the light of headlines over the weekend reporting the huge leap in demand for emergency hardship handouts for tenants as a result of this pernicious policy. The petition states: The Petition of residents of the UK, Declares that the Petitioners believe that...”
- [Mr Joe Benton in the Chair] — Careers Guidance (16 May 2013)
“The right hon. Gentleman is spelling out his case very well. From a lifetime of working with young people, I know that, although they might be technically able, they are unconfident when navigating such choices. However able they are, they need face-to-face support to work through what are very difficult questions for any of us.”
- [Mr Joe Benton in the Chair] — Careers Guidance (16 May 2013)
“It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Benton, and to follow the hon. Member for Calder Valley (Craig Whittaker), who talks of his steel roots. I represent a steel town, so I hope that a thread of steel runs through this debate, which started so well with the Chair of the Select Committee elegantly setting out his stall. He explained why the Committee described the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 96 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 156 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 78.48% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 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") 140 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register