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Simon Kirby
Conservative MP for Brighton, Kemptown
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Simon Kirby voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. 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
- 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 against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Communities and Local Government, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Redundancy, Departmental Land, Departmental Location, Brighton, Poultry: Animal Welfare
(based on written questions asked by Simon Kirby and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (17 May 2012)
“Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on saving our historic lidos and on involving our communities in that process? I should very much like to see such activity taking place in relation to the Saltdean lido in my constituency.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Female Genital Mutilation (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to prevent female genital mutilation being carried out on British citizens.”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Public Houses: Regulation (15 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made in reducing the regulatory burden on community pubs; and what recent discussions or other communications he has had with pub companies or their representatives on this issue.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 70 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 92.06% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 20 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register