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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
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for 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 a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. 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)
- 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)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Bribery Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Employment Law (Beecroft Report) (21 May 2012)
“Has the Minister not considered the report by Howard Reed for the TUC two years ago, which concluded that slashing employment protection at work could increase the problems of job creation and decrease productivity? With 6.3 million people desperately trying to find full-time jobs but unable to get them, will the Minister explain how his proposals would increase demand in the economy?”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Average Earnings (30 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of taxpayers in (a) Scotland, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Scotland and (c) each local authority area in Scotland earning (i) £150,000 to £200,000, (ii) £200,000 to £250,000, (iii) £250,000 to £300,000, (iv) £300,000 to £350,000, (v) £350,000 to £400,000,...”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Health and Social Care Bill (30 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the levels of Barnett consequentials to the Scottish block grant arising from the implementation of the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 323 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 82.03% 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") 78 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