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Owen Smith
Labour MP for Pontypridd
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Owen Smith voted on key issues:
- 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 a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
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
(based on written questions asked by Owen Smith and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (38 out of 40)
- Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (4 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Pay: Wales (18 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the change in the real wages of workers in Wales since May 2010.”
- 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?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Aerospace Industry (15 May 2013)
“Leaving the pedantry aside, we had no answer from the Secretary of State on whether he believes that those 6,600 jobs in Wales will be more or less secure if Wales is not part of the EU. For the record, could he clarify his position on whether the jobs will be more secure if Wales is in or out of the EU? What is our Secretary of State’s opinion?”
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Numerology
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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 72.09% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register