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William Bain
Labour MP for Glasgow North East
- Entered Parliament on 13 November 2009 — Byelection
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How William Bain voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. 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 a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Energy and Climate Change, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Food, Departmental Official Cars, Universal Credit, Energy: Prices, Banks: Finance
(based on written questions asked by William Bain and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Bribery Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
- Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 1)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Corporation Tax: Tax Yields (8 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the effect on the yield in corporation tax from (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) England and Wales and (d) the UK if the taxable rate were reduced to (i) 12.5 per cent., (ii) 16 per cent. and (iii) 20 per cent. in each of the next four financial years.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Corporation Tax: Tax Yields (8 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the yield in corporation tax was from (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) England and Wales and (d) the UK in each of the last four financial years.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Scotland (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children will be affected by the proposed cap on benefits affecting their parent or carer in each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency in Scotland; and what the average weekly reduction in payments will be in each case.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 698 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 81.49% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 66 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