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Peter Aldous
Conservative MP for Waveney
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Peter Aldous voted on key issues:
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Transport, Education
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Fisheries, Energy: Prices, Special Educational Needs, Fires, Common Fisheries Policy
(based on written questions asked by Peter Aldous and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Mobile Homes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Energy Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: New Markets: British Producers (16 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made on opening up new markets to British producers. [R]”
- Energy Infrastructure (Uk Supply Chain) (26 Mar 2013)
“I am pleased to have secured this debate. Its purpose is to highlight the job-creating opportunities associated with renewing the UK’s energy infrastructure, the considerable potential that that offers to generate economic growth, the concern that we may not be making the most of the opportunity, and what can be done to ensure that we do. At the outset, I should draw attention to the...”
- Energy Infrastructure (Uk Supply Chain) (26 Mar 2013)
“Although I am concentrating on the North sea, the supply chain for the offshore work extends right the way around the country, both in the oil and gas sector and the offshore wind sector. I am also extremely conscious of the work that DONG Energy and ScottishPower have done and the investment they have made in Belfast. In short, we need to strive to maximise the British content of UK energy...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 90.98% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above 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") 79 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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