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Toby Perkins
Labour MP for Chesterfield
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Toby Perkins voted on key issues:
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Justice, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Public Houses, Insolvency, Schools, Training: Internet, Antisocial Behaviour: Crime Prevention
(based on written questions asked by Toby Perkins and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Education: Departmental Procurement (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent procuring products and services in 2010-11.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Procurement (8 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on procuring products and services by each police authority in 2010-11.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Procurement (8 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent procuring products and services in 2010-11.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 56 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 71.49% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations 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") 85 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register