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Virendra Sharma
Labour MP for Ealing, Southall
- Entered Parliament on 20 July 2007 — Byelection
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Virendra Sharma voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. 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 allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. 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
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, International Development, Home Department, Business, Innovation and Skills, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Tuberculosis, Entry Clearances: Overseas Students, Developing Countries: Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis: Health Services, Tuberculosis: Medical Treatments
(based on written questions asked by Virendra Sharma and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (13 out of 18)
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of 24)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall (22 Feb 2012)
“Human rights in Sri Lanka – Virendra Sharma. ”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to support small and medium-sized businesses to take on apprentices.”
- Written Answers — International Development: India: Tuberculosis (31 Jan 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of recent reports of an outbreak of totally drug resistant tuberculosis in India.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 58 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 65.74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 31 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | ||||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £1,958 (50th) | ||||||
| Office running costs | £25,470 (49th) | £15,988 (430th) | ||||||
| Staffing costs | £102,095 (103rd) | £62,003 (630th) | ||||||
| Communications Allowance | £11,124 (123rd) | £6,157 (406th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,730 (593rd)1 | £2,621 (561st)2 | ||||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | ||||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,802 (288th) | £802 (313th) | ||||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,395 (312th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,128 (joint 451st with 3 others) | |||||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | ||||||
| Total | £147,137 (359th) | £93,052 (638th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (404th). Rail £50 (574th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,156 (505th). Rail £63 (565th). Other: European £1,402 (29th).