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Sarah Newton
Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Sarah Newton voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Post Offices: Bank Services, Housing Benefit: Cornwall, Port of Falmouth Development Plan, Food Exports, Timber: EU Action
(based on written questions asked by Sarah Newton and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (24 out of 26)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Community Nurses (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to ensure universal access to 24/7 community nursing in order to allow more people to die at home.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is essential that we have all-party support for this critically important issue? It is essential to have a draft Bill so that we do the hard work in this Parliament to make sure that we can legislate for carers in our country.”
- EU Working Time Directive (NHS) (26 Apr 2012)
“I have the privilege of representing a constituency in which the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has another of the district general hospitals described by my hon. Friend. Does she agree that in remote rural areas with sparse populations, the impact on patient care of having to travel many miles to access specialist care will have a detrimental effect on treatment?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 85 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 88.45% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 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") 96 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register