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.

• Almost always voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 18 votes against, 4 absences, between 2010–2015
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2010–2016
• Has never voted on replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 2 votes against, 6 absences, between 2011–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 17 votes for, 12 votes against, 20 absences, between 2010–2017
• Consistently voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 1 vote for, 48 votes against, 5 absences, between 2014–2016

We have lots more plain English analysis of Teresa Pearce’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Teresa Pearce’s full vote analysis page for more.

Teresa Pearce

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates 24 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses will benefit from the targeted support for Small Business Rate Relief measure in Budget 2017; and what the breakdown by (a) region, (b) constituency and (c) local authority of those businesses will be.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Adult Social Care Funding 24 Apr 2017

  Many care homes up and down the country are reliant on care workers from the EU; estimates suggest that there are about 100,000 workers. What meetings does the Secretary of State have with the care sector to reassure them that, when Britain leaves the EU, care homes will be adequately staffed with appropriately trained care workers?

• Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill: Inspection of accounting records by journalists and citizen journalists 24 Mar 2017

  I do not intend to make more than a few remarks on Third Reading, as this Bill has the support of the Opposition, the Government and the Local Government Association. It is a short, and welcome, piece of legislation which aims to improve transparency and accountability of local public bodies. In an era in which local newspapers are in many places diminishing and in some places do not exist at...

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Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead

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

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

Social Media

• @tpearce003

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Teresa Pearce campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

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

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention (7 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Housing) (18 Sep 2015 to 7 Oct 2016)
• 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)

• Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
• Finance Bill Committee (0 out of 6)
• 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 10 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Teresa Pearce’s speeches
• Has received answers to 10 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.
• 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.
• 127 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Teresa Pearce’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 80 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)