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Therese Coffey
Conservative MP for Suffolk Coastal
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Therese Coffey voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- 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
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Health, Justice, Transport, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Shipping: Oil, Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation, Prisoners: Repatriation, Hillsborough Independent Panel, Clinical Commissioning Groups
(based on written questions asked by Therese Coffey and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Marine Conservation Zones (21 May 2013)
“Thank you, Mr Davies. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I am thankful to my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins)and my hon. Friend the Minister for allowing extra contributions. On marine conservation zones, people generally agree that it is important to protect our seas. My hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe was discussing the...”
- Marine Conservation Zones (21 May 2013)
“rose—”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“Will the hon. Lady give way?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 75 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 43 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 87.21% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 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") 157 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register