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Priti Patel
Conservative MP for Witham
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Priti Patel voted on key issues:
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against 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 against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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More on their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Trade Unions, Staff, EU Law, Pay, Departmental Pay
(based on written questions asked by Priti Patel and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (23 out of 26)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
- Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- The High Street — [Philip Davies in the Chair] (21 May 2013)
“I congratulate the hon. Member for Rochdale (Simon Danczuk) on securing the debate. As the chair of the all-party group on small shops, I welcome the opportunity to discuss the high street. Like my hon. Friend the Member for North Swindon (Justin Tomlinson) I am the child of shopkeepers. I grew up over the shop—and under the till, half the time. I am proud of the small shops heritage...”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Regulation (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what processes his Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by his Department; (2) what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; and which of those regulations have been (a)...”
- Written Answers — Scotland: Regulation (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what processes his Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by his Department.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 821 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 81.20% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 111 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