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Shabana Mahmood
Labour MP for Birmingham, Ladywood
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- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Shabana Mahmood voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department, Education, Work and Pensions, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Higher Education, Students: Loans, Higher Education: Admissions, Asylum, Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Education: Primary Education: Birmingham (23 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many vacant primary school places there were in (a) Birmingham, Ladywood constituency and (b) Birmingham city council area in each of the last five years for which information is available.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to publish his response to the consultation on the Higher Education White Paper.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Postgraduate Education (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to review postgraduate education in the light of the (a) Smith review, (b) Browne review and (c) Higher Education White Paper.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 353 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 72.92% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 38 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
