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Tom Greatrex
Labour MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Tom Greatrex voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Energy and Climate Change, Scotland, Treasury, Cabinet Office
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Work Capability Assessment, Work Capability Assessments, Atos Healthcare, Official Secrets, Procurement
(based on written questions asked by Tom Greatrex and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Atos Healthcare (23 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 1 May 2012, to the hon. Member for Cardiff West, Official Report, column 1407W, on Atos, when each contract between his Department and Atos was most recently renewed or extended.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit (23 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish his Department's risk register for the decision to roll-out nationwide the incapacity benefits migration programme.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Atos Healthcare (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 1 May 2012, to the hon. Member for Cardiff West, Official Report, column 1407W, on Atos, what the monetary value was of each contract between his Department and Atos in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 71 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 367 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 72.20% 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 19–20 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") 87 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register