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Richard Graham
Conservative MP for Gloucester
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Richard Graham voted on key issues:
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. 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
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Education, Justice, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum, Universal Credit, Social Security Benefits, Academies Capital Maintenance Fund, Pupils: Disadvantaged
(based on written questions asked by Richard Graham and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Superannuation bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has estimated the number of benefit claimants without bank accounts who will receive universal credit.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to assist universal credit claimants who do not currently have bank accounts.”
- Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the potential role of UK business in helping her Department achieve its objectives overseas; and what steps her Department has taken to assist UK businesses overseas in achieving these objectives.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 35 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 79.92% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 108 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