• Labour MP for Ealing, Southall
• Entered Parliament on 20 July 2007 — Byelection
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
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• Register of Members’ Interests
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How Virendra Sharma voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) (since 23 May 2008)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (since 7 Nov 2007)
• Member, Justice Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: International Development, Communities and Local Government, Justice, Treasury, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Welfare Tax Credits, ACP Countries: Economic Agreements, House of Lords: Reform, Co-operative Sector, ACP Countries: EU External Trade

(based on written questions asked by Virendra Sharma and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Waste Management: Contracts (9 Oct 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the account taken of competition issues and open tendering in the processes adopted by local authorities in selecting partnership agreements with private sector companies on waste management; and if she will make a statement.”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Waste Management: Liverpool (9 Oct 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions she has had with Liverpool City Council on the selection of their private sector waste management partner.”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Local Government: Contracts (1 Sep 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Office of Government Commerce monitors local authorities' compliance with its relevant codes of practice during the tendering process for local government contracts.”

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 3 comments on this MP's speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 20–21 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 73 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Virendra Sharma speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 5 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 8 Oct 2008. More about the Register

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