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Paul Blomfield
Labour MP for Sheffield Central
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Paul Blomfield voted on key issues:
- 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
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. 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 very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Driving Under Influence: Rehabilitation, Higher Education: Admissions, Higher Education: Private Sector, Departmental Procurement, Action for Employment
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Bill Presented — Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Electoral Registration and Administration Bill (23 May 2012)
“The hon. Member for Dewsbury (Simon Reevell) made guarded and thoughtful remarks, but I am concerned about the undertones of some Government Members’ speeches. To my knowledge, in the city of Sheffield, which is a large and multicultural city, only one person has ever been convicted of electoral fraud—fairly widespread electoral fraud—and he was a member of our white...”
- Bill Presented — Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Electoral Registration and Administration Bill (23 May 2012)
“I will tell you later. I want to express my concern about how this Bill will profoundly undermine our democracy by reference to two groups in my constituency, the first of which is those in urban areas. Let me compare my constituency with that of my political neighbour, the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr Clegg). My constituency is at the heart of Sheffield. It is an inner-city,...”
- Bill Presented — Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Electoral Registration and Administration Bill (23 May 2012)
“I am simply reflecting the views that have been expressed to me by the elected representatives of the students, and I take their concerns seriously. The students at the university of Sheffield have tried hard, but unsuccessfully, to meet their other constituency MP, the Deputy Prime Minister, who represents a smaller number of them, albeit still several thousand. I understand why he is less...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 104 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 71.84% 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 18–19 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") 48 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register