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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:
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Defence, Deputy Prime Minister, Business, Innovation and Skills, House of Commons Commission
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Written Questions, Biodiversity, Ex-servicemen: Radiation Exposure, Equine Infectious Anaemia, Water
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Scottish-recruited Units (23 May 2012)
“I congratulate the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) on securing this debate. Regarding the decisions to which he has just referred, the Minister will understand the great anxiety felt in Fife, around the Leuchars and Caledonia bases, about whether the British Army will be arriving and the Royal Air Force will be leaving. Although I appreciate that he is keen to get...”
- Written Answers — International Development: Rio+20 Conference (23 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the draft outcomes document for the Rio+20 conference in June 2012.”
- Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Security (21 May 2012)
“To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many passholders are permanently based in each building in the Commons part of the Parliamentary Estate; and how many such passholders are (a) hon. Members, (b) staff of the House by department and (c) hon. Members' staff.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 82 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 97 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 74.55% 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 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") 147 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register