Richard Harrington’s voting in Parliament

This is a selection of Richard Harrington’s votes.

• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 3 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, between 2011–2016
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 8 absences, between 2011–2018
• Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, in 2013

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Richard Harrington

Recent appearances

• The Prime Minister Was Asked: Engagements 4 Sep 2019

  I am sure that you, Mr Speaker, will know that tomorrow is the ninth annual Watford jobs fair. I am taking particular interest in the 1,000 or so vacancies this year, and I feel that other Members on both sides of the House might be interested as well. I thank Victoria Lynch and Anna Cox for organising it. We have 1,000 vacancies in more than 60 companies. If the Prime Minister has any spare...

• Leaving the Eu: Business of the House 12 Jun 2019

  I will be very brief, Mr Speaker, because, as you know, I am a simple sort chap—I do not preoccupy myself with parliamentary procedure and I do not claim to be an expert on it. All I can say is that in my constituency of Watford people do not come up to me and say, “It’s an outrage to reverse the Order Paper on one day in Parliament.” All I want in order to be able to oppose this...

• Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electric Vehicles 11 Jun 2019

  I commend the Secretary of State and the Department for the Faraday challenge and the development of battery technology. However, does he agree that to have successful battery technology in the UK we need a successful automotive manufacturing sector, and that to do that we need a very close relationship with the EU for frictionless trade and everything that goes with it?

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Profile

Independent MP for Watford

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

Party was Conservative until 3 Sep 2019

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @Richard4Watford
• https://facebook.com/RichardHarringtonWatford

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Richard Harrington campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Home Department
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Higher Education: Watford
• Prescriptions
• Business: Government Assistance
• Shared Ownership Schemes
• Viral Haemorrhagic Disease

Other offices held in the past

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (14 Jun 2017 to 25 Mar 2019)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (17 Jul 2016 to 14 Jun 2017)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary for Home Office (Jointly with Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for International Development) (14 Sep 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary for Department for Communities and Local Government (Jointly with Home Office and Department for International Development) (14 Sep 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary for Department for International Development (Jointly with Home Office and Department for Communities and Local Government) (14 Sep 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, International Development Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 5 Nov 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Claire Ward
• Tristan Garel-Jones
• Raphael Tuck
• Frederick Farey-Jones
• John Freeman
• William Helmore
• Dennis Herbert
• Arnold Ward
• Nathaniel Micklem
• Thomas Halsey

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Smart Meters Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Nuclear Safeguards Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Richard Harrington’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 44.44% 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 298 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)