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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 for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. 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: Health, Transport, Treasury, Energy and Climate Change, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Organs: Donors, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Devolution, London Underground: Industrial Disputes, School Standards
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Metcalfe and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Pensions Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
“The Minister is making an excellent point. Too often in education, and not just in science and technology subjects, the application for later in life is lost. Perhaps we might broaden that idea to ensure that there is always some practical example why children, from a very early age, are learning something. When I go into schools, children often have no idea why they are there: it is just...”
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
“The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point, with which I am sure we all agree. Does he therefore fully accept that we are competing on a global stage and that we are in a global race? We owe it to our young people to give them all the skills that they need to compete in that global race.”
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
“The hon. Gentleman is right on one level. Work experience, when done well, can provide a really good opportunity to get an insight into either a sector of our economy or the world of work. Too often, however, work experience for 14 to 16-year-olds is not rewarding at all and can put people off work. Schools often scratch around trying to find enough employers to provide what is, basically, a...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 87.85% 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 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") 51 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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