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Stephen Metcalfe
Conservative MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Metcalfe voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Organs: Donors, Nuclear Programme: Iran, Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls, London Underground: Industrial Disputes, School Standards
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Metcalfe and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Pensions Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tuition Fees (2 Feb 2012)
“Will my right hon. Friend the Minister join me in reassuring my constituents that, unlike the views of the Opposition, under our scheme a top-quality university degree will actually cost them only £30 a month when they are earning £25,000 a year?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (25 Jan 2012)
“I know that my right hon. Friend is aware that the Coryton oil refinery in my constituency went into protective administration yesterday. Although the future is uncertain, it is by no means bleak. Does he agree with me that what is needed now to protect the 1,000 jobs the refinery provides is the full support of the customers and the suppliers, and accurate reporting of the situation? Will he...”
- Business of the House (12 Jan 2012)
“For many years, my constituents in south Essex have suffered intolerable delays at the Dartford crossing. My hon. Friend the roads Minister has an innovative solution; it requires legislation, however, so, will the Leader of the House tell me and my constituents when that legislation will be brought forward?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 90.21% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 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") 16 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register