Ian Austin’s voting in Parliament

This is a selection of Ian Austin’s votes.

• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 86 votes for, 14 votes against, 38 absences, between 2006–2019
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2017
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 4 votes against, 7 absences, between 2013–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 2007–2016
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 41 votes against, 11 absences, between 2014–2016

Last updated: 18 Jul 2019. Please share these votes responsibly.

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Ian Austin

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: University Technical Colleges: Apprentices 6 Sep 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to increase the take-up of apprenticeships through university technical colleges.

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Shared Spaces: Visual Impairment 5 Sep 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that town designs that remove navigation tools used by blind and partially-sighted people to navigate, including kerbs and controlled crossings are not rolled out during the Government's halt on dangerous shared-space schemes.

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Shared Spaces: Visual Impairment 5 Sep 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with organisations representing blind and partially-sighted people on the safety of shared space schemes for those people.

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Profile

Independent MP for Dudley North

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Party was Labour until 21 Feb 2019

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• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
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Social Media

• @IanAustinMP
• https://facebook.com/IanAustinMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Ian Austin campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Education
• Department of Health
• Education
• Work and Pensions
• Transport
• Departmental Official Hospitality
• Departmental Official Cars
• Health Services: Dudley
• Departmental Travel
• Personal Independence Payment

Currently held offices

• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 19 Mar 2019)
• Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee (25 Nov 2015 to 9 Mar 2016)
• Member, Education Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (4 Nov 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (7 Oct 2011 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (West Midlands) (5 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (5 Oct 2008 to 9 Jun 2009)
• PPS (Rt Hon Gordon Brown, Prime Minister), Prime Minister's Office (28 Jun 2007 to 6 Oct 2008)
• PPS (Rt Hon Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer), HM Treasury (5 Feb 2007 to 28 Jun 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ross Cranston

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Chairman, Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill Committee Committee (0 out of 1)
• Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (6 out of 8)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Ian Austin’s speeches
• Has received answers to 61 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 63.55% 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 18–19 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") 277 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)