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Stephen Barclay
Conservative MP for North East Cambridgeshire
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Barclay voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Defence, Home Department, International Development, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, Departmental Dismissal, Departmental Expenditure, Afghanistan: Reconstruction, Departmental Manpower
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Barclay and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Opposition Day: [Un-Allotted Half Day] — Banking (Responsibility and Reform) (7 Feb 2012)
“Can the hon. Gentleman explain why, under the regulatory structure introduced by his Government, banks were able to hire staff on guaranteed bonuses totally unconnected with future performance, and why not a single individual in any of the five largest banks was subject to a fine? The two largest fines imposed on Northern Rock executives were less than the bonuses that they had received the...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions (7 Feb 2012)
“How will the Deputy Prime Minister assess the value for money of the constitutional changes he is putting forward? Will he put a more detailed note in the Library setting out how that will be assessed?”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Career Development (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what account promotion boards in his Department take of language and area expertise when assessing staff for promotion.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 204 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.82% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 18 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register