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Yvonne Fovargue
Labour MP for Makerfield
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Yvonne Fovargue voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. 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
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Education, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): NHS: Negligence, Housing Benefit, Welfare Tax Credits, General Practitioners, Work Capability Assessment
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (15 out of 18)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (20 out of 26)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Rape Allegations (22 May 2012)
“If he will take steps to increase the public profile of the work of the Crown Prosecution Service on allegations of rape made by young women.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Rape Allegations (22 May 2012)
“The conviction last month of Kabeer Hassan and another man for rape and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child calls into question the original CPS decision not to charge the men because the young woman was deemed not to be a credible witness. Does the Solicitor-General share my concern that the CPS’s original decision sends out a very dangerous message to other young...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 77.08% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 62 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