A selection of Julian Huppert's votes

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• Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, between 2011–2012
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 8 votes for, 1 vote against, 8 absences, between 2012–2014
• Consistently voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2010–2015
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Generally voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 22 votes for, 3 votes against, 6 absences, between 2012–2015

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Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Cyber-security 24 Mar 2015

  The Minister is right to pay tribute to the work of GCHQ and to prioritise cyber-security, which is very important for all of us. He will be aware that a fundamental part of that is good encryption, so will he encourage individuals and companies alike to push ahead with strong end-to-end encryption, wherever possible?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Individual Electoral Registration 24 Mar 2015

  Voting integrity is obviously important. There are real concerns that many students, particularly first-year students, will not get on the register. I have been trying to encourage them to register and to vote. What has the Minister done to make sure that they have a chance to vote?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions 24 Mar 2015

  Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, has said that by 2020 the NHS will need an extra £8 billion a year at the very minimum to provide the services we all need. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is our duty as politicians to find that funding, and that any party going into this election saying that it will provide less than that is, no matter how it spins it, actually...

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Former Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge

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

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Transport
• Health
• Defence
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Cycling
• Departmental Chief Scientific Advisers
• Asylum
• Trident
• Immigration Controls

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee) (24 Mar 2011 to 12 Oct 2011)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (26 Jul 2010 to 23 May 2011)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Howarth
• Anne Campbell
• Robert Rhodes James
• David Lane
• Robert Davies
• Hamilton Kerr
• Arthur Symonds
• Richard Tufnell
• George Newton
• Eric Geddes
• Almeric Paget
• Robert Penrose-Fitzgerald
• Stanley Buckmaster
• Robert Penrose-Fitzgerald
• William Fowler
• Hugh Shield
• Alfred Marten
• Patrick Smollett
• William Fowler
• Robert Torrens
• John Gorst
• William Forsyth
• Francis Powell
• Andrew Steuart
• Kenneth Macaulay
• Andrew Steuart
• Kenneth Macaulay
• Francis Mowatt
• Robert Adair
• John Astell
• Kenneth Macaulay
• William Campbell
• Robert Adair
• Fitz-Roy Kelly
• John Manners-Sutton
• Alexander Grant
• John Manners-Sutton
• Thomas Spring-Rice
• James Graham
• Frederick Trench
• James Graham
• Frederick Trench
• James Graham
• Charles Cheere
• Frederick Trench
• Robert Manners
• Frederick Trench
• Edward Finch
• Robert Manners
• Edward Finch
• Robert Manners
• Edward Finch
• Robert Manners
• Edward Finch

Future MPs in this constituency

• Daniel Zeichner

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
• Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Committee (8 out of 13)
• Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (6 out of 14)
• Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)

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• Has spoken in 78 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Julian Huppert’s speeches
• Has received answers to 122 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 2014, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 77.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 162 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 393 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)