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Richard Harrington
Conservative MP for Watford
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Richard Harrington voted on key issues:
- Voted for 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. 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 for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Shared Ownership Schemes, Business: Government Assistance, Higher Education: Watford, Employment Schemes: Watford, Israel
(based on written questions asked by Richard Harrington and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House: Royal Bank of Scotland (13 Jun 2013)
“Given Stephen Hester’s excellent career—he had previously spent two years at Abbey National and four years at British Land—and given that he has remained in such an important and high-pressure job for five years, it seems to me entirely reasonable for him to leave after completing the first phase of a major restructuring process, and to hand the business on to a chief...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (12 Jun 2013)
“Will the Prime Minister join me in congratulating the China-Britain Business Council, which, under its inspirational vice-chairman, Mr Peter Batey, organised a seminar on exporting to China that was attended by more than 60 businesses in Watford last Friday? I think it should be congratulated on that initiative.”
- Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Watford (12 Mar 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department allocated to the Watford Health Campus between May 1997 and May 2010.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 78.10% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 67 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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