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Richard Drax
Conservative MP for South Dorset
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Richard Drax voted on key issues:
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Aircraft Carriers, General Practitioners, Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control, Arrest Warrants, Syria
(based on written questions asked by Richard Drax and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 1 — Education Act 1996 (20 May 2013)
“Does my right hon. Friend think racism is the same as stamping on conscience and religious belief? Personally, I do not see how the two are connected.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 1 — Education Act 1996 (20 May 2013)
“rose—”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 1 — Education Act 1996 (20 May 2013)
“May I confirm that the view stated by the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) is, in essence, a direct attack on free speech in this country, which has been held dear for hundreds, nay thousands, of years?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 71.91% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 61 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