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Oliver Colvile
Conservative MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Oliver Colvile voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Defence, Energy and Climate Change, Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Water Power, Natural England, Tugboats, Government Procurement Card, Social Rented Housing
(based on written questions asked by Oliver Colvile and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Libraries (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many university libraries make use of licences granted by publishers to allow walk-in users to access material.”
- Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the areas of aid policy in which the European Commission has a competitive advantage over the UK.”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Thank you for allowing me to speak, Mr Deputy Speaker. This is an important debate in relation to my constituency, which has a low-skills, low-wage economy. Before I go any further, I declare an interest. I still retain interests, although I no longer have an executive role, in a public relations communications company that I set up some 10 to 15 years ago. That company deals with community...”
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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 56 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 85.74% 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 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") 53 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