A selection of Robert Marshall-Andrews's votes

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• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2004–2010
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 1999–2007
• Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees Show votes 4 votes for, 2 votes against, 5 absences, between 1997–2004
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008
• Voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2007
• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 7 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 2003–2007

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Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: UK Passports (Use in Dubai Murder) 23 Mar 2010

  I welcome the statement from my right hon. Friend, and given the fact that this extra-judicial murder was an affront to British interests and British subjects, it was quite inevitable. However, this action was not aberrant-it was a measure of the impunity and illegality with which Israel acts. At this very moment, as we speak, 1.5 million Palestinians are illegally trapped, blockaded and...

• Business of the House 11 Mar 2010

  As some form of peace process starts again in the middle east, my right hon. and learned Friend will be aware that 1.5 million Palestinians remain trapped, blockaded and increasingly destitute in Gaza. Will she find time in the course of the next two weeks or before Dissolution for the House to debate that continuing atrocity?

• Business of the House 4 Mar 2010

  In a busy week, will my right hon. and learned Friend find time for the Prime Minister to come to the House to make a statement on the principles of universal jurisdiction and, in particular, to explain the serious and, indeed, colossal error contained in the article that he wrote in today's edition of The Daily Telegraph, where he maintains that arrest warrants for crimes against humanity...

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Medway

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

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• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Solicitor-General
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Transport
• Prime Minister
• Iraq
• Criminal Justice Bill
• Heathrow Airport
• Israel
• Education Maintenance Allowance

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Peggy Fenner
• Charles Warde
• John Gathorne-Hardy

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Robert Marshall-Andrews’s speeches
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 45.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 47 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 166 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)