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Zac Goldsmith
Conservative MP for Richmond Park
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Zac Goldsmith voted on key issues:
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Business, Innovation and Skills, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Electric Vehicles, Fossil Fuels, Heathrow Airport, Green Investment Bank, Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees
(based on written questions asked by Zac Goldsmith and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions (22 May 2012)
“Will the Deputy Prime Minister reassure the House that there was no reference to recall in the Queen’s Speech because it has been sent back for a much-needed redraft and not because it has been dumped altogether?”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fossil Fuels: Subsidies (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions took place at the Clean Energy Ministerial meeting on global fossil fuel subsidy reform on 25 and 26 April 2012.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Land Use (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent research her Department has undertaken on the scale of indirect land use change.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 496 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 81.41% 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 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") 42 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register