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Simon Wright
Liberal Democrat MP for Norwich South
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Simon Wright voted on key issues:
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Home Department, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mental Health Services: Complaints, Organs: Donors, Meat: Ritual Slaughter, Community Legal Advice: Telephone Services, Transplant Surgery
(based on written questions asked by Simon Wright and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Energy and Climate Change: Biomass Gasification Plants (17 May 2012)
“What steps he is taking to support combined heat and power biomass gasification plants.”
- Energy and Climate Change: Biomass Gasification Plants (17 May 2012)
“The university of East Anglia campus in my constituency is able to receive considerable heat and power from its unique biomass gasification plant, which is the first of its kind in the UK. When sustainable syngas cannot be produced due to the maintenance cleaning cycle, the boiler switches to natural gas. However, dual fuel plants are ineligible to receive renewable heat incentive payments....”
- Group Lotus (24 Apr 2012)
“I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate on a subject that is so important for Norfolk’s economy. Whenever I have visited Lotus, I have been impressed to learn about its advances in low-carbon vehicle technologies. The UK car industry is a world leader in this area. Does he agree that if Lotus were to leave Norfolk and the UK, it would risk losing access to skills and...”
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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 21 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 83.94% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — 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") 11 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