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Tony Cunningham
Labour MP for Workington

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Tony Cunningham voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
• Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
• Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: International Development, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Health Services, Developing Countries: Health Services, Plastics: Recycling, Sahel, Correspondence

(based on written questions asked by Tony Cunningham and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Commons Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 16)
• European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Water Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Animal Health Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Firearms (15 May 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the status is of those civil nuclear police officers who are unable to carry firearms as a result of illness or injury.”

Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Nutrition (15 May 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much of her Department's funding was committed to nutrition-specific programmes in 2012.”

Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Sanitation (15 Apr 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the announcement that was made at the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting in Washington in April 2012 that her Department would double its reach on water and sanitation to 60 million people, what steps have been taken to date; and how progress towards this target will be measured.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 85 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 73.27% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 80 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,657 (53rd). Rail £13,484 (10th). Misc £90 (169th).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,097 (200th). Rail £13,873 (4th).

³ Car £4,403 (204th). Rail £11,413 (19th).