A selection of Maggie Throup's votes

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• Generally voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Consistently voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 4 votes for, 16 votes against, 3 absences, between 2016–2017

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Gcse 24 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage more students to take up a creative, artistic and technical subject at GCSE.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions 30 Mar 2017

  This Sunday is an historic day, as Ilkeston finally reconnects with the rest of the rail network after an interval of more than 50 years. This would not have been possible without a £6.6 million new stations fund grant provided by this Government. Does the Minister agree that it is money well spent? Will he encourage people to use the train to visit Ilkeston and bring a much needed boost...

• Preventing Avoidable Sight Loss — [Mrs Cheryl Gillan in the Chair] 28 Mar 2017

  My hon. Friend talks about sight loss increasing in the future. Does she agree that obesity, which has the knock-on effect of causing type 2 diabetes, is one of the causes of sight loss? Children in their teens are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, so we really need to think about how we tackle and prevent that in the long term.

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Former Conservative MP for Erewash

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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

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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @mthroup
• https://facebook.com/MaggieThroup2015

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Maggie Throup campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• Department for International Trade
• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Obesity: Surgery
• Respiratory System: Diseases
• HIV Infection: Drugs
• Strokes
• Charities

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Health Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 28 Nov 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jessica Lee
• Liz Blackman
• Angela Knight
• Peter Rost

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crown Tenancies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill Committee (5 out of 10)

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• Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Maggie Throup’s speeches
• Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 88.87% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above 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.
• 64 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 65 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)