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Sarah Wollaston
Conservative MP for Totnes
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Sarah Wollaston voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department, Transport, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Surgery, Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse, NHS: Compensation, Smuggling: Tobacco, Food
(based on written questions asked by Sarah Wollaston and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Children and Families Bill: New Clause 3 — Regulation of child performance (11 Jun 2013)
“I am proud to be a patron of Devon Rape Crisis, which, like all of us in this House, is deeply concerned about sexual violence against women and girls. All of us in this House are particularly concerned about the extent to which young people are accessing their information about sex from violent pornography. The influence of violent pornography is to normalise distorted relationships. It...”
- Children and Families Bill: New Clause 3 — Regulation of child performance (11 Jun 2013)
“It is about teaching girls to say no, and teaching young men to understand that no is no. That needs to be delivered in an age-appropriate way. It is not about frightening young people or taking it out of the hands of parents. In fact, many parents feel relieved that other people are delivering it. There are very competent peer educators out there, ready to deliver these programmes in...”
- Department of Health: Tobacco Packaging (11 Jun 2013)
“Does the Minister agree that there is nothing plain about plain packaging? It just shows the reality of gangrene of the foot with graphic images, which is not very attractive to hand round at a party.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 58 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.86% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 90 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