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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 for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly 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 a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. 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
- Dorset Police (Funding) (19 Jun 2013)
“Is the Minister able to guarantee that Mr Underhill will be one of the delegates during the review? It would be most helpful if he could confirm that.”
- Dorset Police (Funding) (19 Jun 2013)
“On the fairness that the Minister talks about, because Dorset has been at the bottom of the pile for so many years, we do not regard any further cuts across the board as fair. Our cuts do not equate to those for another force that has had a lot more money for a lot longer. I hope that the Minister follows my logic.”
- Dorset Police (Funding) (19 Jun 2013)
“I have to make the point that we are at the very bottom of the pile. Yes, Dorset police force is doing a good job, as the Minister said. I question his figure of 6%: it does not tally with mine—I am just thinking on my feet—but perhaps he is looking at a shorter period. The figure of 30% has stuck in my mind, and that would be even bigger if the planned cuts, whereby we would lose...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 70.63% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below 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