Teresa Pearce’s voting in Parliament

Teresa Pearce is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Teresa Pearce’s votes.

• Consistently voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes
• Almost always voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
• Consistently voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes
• Consistently voted against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes

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Teresa Pearce has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Local Government Reform — [Mr George Howarth in the Chair] 6 Sep 2016

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I am standing in for my hon. Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame M. Morris), who is very disappointed that he cannot be here today. I thank the hon. Member for Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke) for initiating this important debate and for his thought-provoking report—I would expect nothing less than thought...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions 18 Jul 2016

  I, too, welcome the new Ministers, and particularly the new Housing Minister. We were both elected in 2010, we are both London MPs, and we have probably both seen our postbag grow with the housing crisis in London. Last week the National Audit Office reported on the Government’s progress in selling public land for 160,000 new homes. Will the Minister confirm that although the aim was...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions 18 Jul 2016

  I thank the Minister for his response; perhaps he will want to write to me about the following question as well. The Department’s forecast shows that to meet the commitment to sell land for more than 160,000 homes, the Government will need to dispose of five times as much land as they did last year. The National Audit Office says that there is no mechanism to monitor the number of...

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Profile

Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead

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

• Maiden speech
• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Work and Pensions
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Education
• Health
• Department of Health
• Remploy
• Education Maintenance Allowance
• Students: Finance
• Employment Schemes
• Social Security Benefits: Fraud

Currently held offices

• Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing) (since 18 Sep 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (7 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)
• Member, Treasury Committee (14 Nov 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (2 Nov 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Austin

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (0 out of 6)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Affordable Homes bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
• FINANCE BILL Committee (14 out of 16)
• Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
• Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pensions Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Financial Services Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (22 out of 26)

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• Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Teresa Pearce’s speeches
• Has received answers to 29 written questions in the last year — 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 70.24% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• 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") 71 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)