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Robin Walker
Conservative MP for Worcester
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Robin Walker voted on key issues:
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- 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 increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Health, Energy and Climate Change, Business, Innovation and Skills, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Palliative Care, Affordable Housing: Worcester, Green Deal Scheme: Worcester, Pupils: Per Capita Costs, Latin America
(based on written questions asked by Robin Walker and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Petrol Prices (15 May 2013)
“In supporting the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon), I commend the Secretary of State for making changes to the legislation he inherited from the Leader of the Opposition to ensure that fines levied in the UK are returned to consumers rather than to companies. However, I urge him to make urgent representations to the European Commission to ensure that, if the...”
- Written Answers — Transport: Bus Services: Concessions (15 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) overall and (b) unit cost is of providing free bus travel to pensioners in (i) Worcester, (ii) Worcestershire and (iii) England.”
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Distributive Trade (14 May 2013)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed in the (a) retail sector, (b) e-commerce and online retail sector and (c) wholesale and distribution sector on (i) 1 March 2010 and (ii) 1 March 2013.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 57 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 29 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 83.38% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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 19–20 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