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Paul Uppal
Conservative MP for Wolverhampton South West
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Paul Uppal voted on key issues:
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against 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: Health, Home Department, Education, Communities and Local Government, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Organs: Donors, Health: Males, Schools: Wolverhampton, Schools: Vocational Guidance, Asylum: West Midlands
(based on written questions asked by Paul Uppal and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
- Superannuation bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (26 out of 26)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Enterprise Allowance (20 May 2013)
“What recent assessment he has made of the new enterprise allowance.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Enterprise Allowance (20 May 2013)
“Does my hon. Friend agree with me— I speak as somebody who ran their own business for 20 years before coming to this place—that the role of volunteer business mentors is crucial in that step between the classroom and self-employment?”
- Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 5 - Small profits rate and fractions for financial year 2013 (25 Apr 2013)
“This debate reminds me of my time on the Welfare Reform Bill Committee, where there seemed to be a general consensus on both sides that whatever the nature of jobs, even part-time micro jobs, they are an essential step in getting people out of poverty and into the habit of work. Moreover, many part-time jobs lead on to full-time jobs, so it is a win-win situation for everybody.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 87.24% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 47 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register