A selection of Karen Lumley's votes

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• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 14 votes for, 20 votes against, 15 absences, between 2010–2017
• Almost always voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2017
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2011–2016
• Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 17 votes for, 4 votes against, 4 absences, between 2010–2015
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2010–2016

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prison Officers: Labour Turnover 6 Feb 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) improve retention of and (b) reduce staff turnover among prison officers.

• Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services 31 Jan 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve access to affordable dentistry services.

• Written Answers — Department of Health: Strokes: Speech Therapy 31 Jan 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stroke patients were offered speech therapy (a) nationally and (b) in Worcestershire in 2016.

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Former Conservative MP for Redditch

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

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @Tell_Karen
• https://facebook.com/KarenLumleyMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Karen Lumley campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Education
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Department of Health
• Maldives
• Pupils: Disadvantaged
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and Government
• Syria
• Cancer: Drugs

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (20 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Transport Committee (5 Nov 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jacqui Smith

Future MPs in this constituency

• Rachel Maclean

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENTS (INNOVATION) BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Intellectual Property Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Prisons (Property) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (0 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Karen Lumley’s speeches
• Has received answers to 90 written questions in the last year — well 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 71.31% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 59 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 63 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)