A selection of Naomi Long's votes

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• Consistently voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2015
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2012
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013
• Consistently voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2010
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 1 vote for, 5 votes against, 4 absences, between 2010–2013
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2010–2011

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Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 23 Jan 2017

  Will the Minister give way?

• Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 23 Jan 2017

  The Minister said that you cannot have it both ways, but you can. You can contrast the pace of change in February 2016, when the scheme closed and nothing appeared to happen, with the period since the 'Nolan Live' broadcast and the 'Spotlight' show, when suddenly there was a frenzy of activity to address the underspend. Members can have it both ways, because on one you dragged your heels...

• Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 23 Jan 2017

  I thank the Member for giving way. One of the most frustrating elements of this — I am sure the Member will agree — has been the complete inability for people to accept that, while there may be no evidence that the Minister did something that was inappropriate and wrong, there is every evidence, given that this scheme went through, that the Minister did not do what was required...

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Alliance MLA for Belfast East, Former Alliance MP for Belfast East

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election

Entered the Assembly on 26 November 2003 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• International Development
• Northern Ireland
• Home Department
• Treasury
• Burma
• Terrorism
• Developing Countries: Water
• Uganda
• Religious Freedom

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (11 Oct 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Peter Robinson
• William Craig
• Stanley McMaster
• Alan McKibbin
• Thomas Cole
• Henry Harland
• Herbert Dixon
• Robert Sharman-Crawford
• Robert McMordie
• Gustav Wolff
• Edward De Cobain

Future MPs in this constituency

• Gavin Robinson

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• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Naomi Long’s speeches
• Has received answers to 63 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents.
• 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 19–20 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") 163 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)