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Thomas Docherty
Labour MP for Dunfermline and West Fife
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Thomas Docherty voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, House of Commons Commission
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Written Questions, Trident, British Overseas Territories, Biodiversity, Ex-servicemen: Radiation Exposure
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police Remuneration Review Body (14 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with Ministers in the devolved administrations of her Department's proposals for the new Police Remuneration Review Body.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“Is debt rising or falling?”
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill: Notices of Questions (25 Apr 2013)
“I will not detain the House for very long—obviously we are approaching the Prorogation. We very much welcome the spirit in which the Government have sensibly approached this issue, but as we are proroguing this afternoon, I hope that the Deputy Leader of the House can confirm that, given the breaking news on Leveson, the Government will set out their response at the first opportunity...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 76 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 91 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 71.91% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 228 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register