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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 very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for 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 for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. 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
- 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.”
- British Retail — [Sir Alan Meale in the Chair] (6 Mar 2013)
“No, thank you.”
- British Retail — [Sir Alan Meale in the Chair] (6 Mar 2013)
“It is a pleasure to introduce this debate under your chairmanship, Sir Alan. I chose to call a debate on retail for two purposes. From a parochial point of view, retail is a significant employer in Watford and a significant contributor to the economy. Also, the press that retail receives nationally, with glamorous Sky reporters standing in front of shops such as Blockbuster and HMV that are...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 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 77.62% 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
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register