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Owen Smith
Labour MP for Pontypridd

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Owen Smith voted on key issues:

    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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
    • Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Wales, Treasury, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Transport

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, Child Care, Departmental Meetings, Nurseries, Driving Standards Agency: Cardiff

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Aerospace Industry (15 May 2013)

    “Airbus is a quintessentially European company. It employs 6,000 people in Wales and 10,000 in the UK, and 100,000 further jobs support it. Does the Secretary of State believe that those jobs will be more or less secure if Wales is not part of Europe?”

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    • Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 89 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Has voted in 71.26% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — 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") 117 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    £75 from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, in return for survey. Payment donated to Pontypridd CLP. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 April 2013)
    4. Sponsorships
    (b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
    (b) Name of donor: PriceWaterhouseCoopers
    (b) Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London WC1N 6RH
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ad hoc advice provided to the frontbench Shadow Treasury team during the passage of the Finance (No. 4) Bill to the value of £58,530
    (b) Date of receipt: 28 November 2011-15 May 2012
    (b) Date of acceptance: 28 November 2011
    (b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
    (b) (Registered 15 June 2012)
    5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
    Name of donor: BBC Cymru Wales
    Address of donor : Broadcasting House, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2YQ
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets and hospitality for two people at Wales v Ireland Six Nations Rugby on 2 February 2013; estimated value £781
    Date of receipt of donation: 2 February 2013
    Date of acceptance of donation: 2 February 2013
    Donor status: corporation
    (Registered 18 March 2013)

    Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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