A selection of Anas Sarwar's votes

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• Generally voted against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 4 absences, between 2011–2014
• Generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 22 votes against, 7 absences, between 2013–2015
• Generally voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 11 votes against, 6 absences, between 2012–2014
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013
• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2011–2012
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010

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Recent appearances

• Scottish Parliament: Scottish Ambulance Service (Resources) 20 Sep 2018

  2. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that the Scottish Ambulance Service has sufficient resources. (S5O-02380)

• Scottish Parliament: Scottish Ambulance Service (Resources) 20 Sep 2018

  I am sure that people throughout the chamber and, I hope, the cabinet secretary would have been shocked to read reports that some paramedics are having to work shifts of 36 hours straight. She should be aware that that is because of funding cuts, service closures and downgrades across the national health service, which is putting even more pressure on our Ambulance Service. The situation is...

• Scottish Parliament: Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Contamination) 20 Sep 2018

  This week, we learned of the third contamination affecting the cancer ward at the Royal hospital for sick children in a short space of time. The contamination has resulted in drinking water and washing facilities being affected, patients who are already immunocompromised being prescribed antibiotics, patients being transferred to local hospices or having to go home to get a wash, and...

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Labour MSP for Glasgow, Former Labour MP for Glasgow Central

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

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

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 7 May 2016 — Election

Also represented Glasgow Central

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Social Media

• @AnasSarwar

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• International Development
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Work and Pensions
• Department for International Development
• Home Department
• Departmental Grants
• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Grants
• Syria
• Departmental Contracts

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (International Development) (5 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (12 Jul 2010 to 14 Jun 2012)
• Member, International Development Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 18 Jun 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• George Anderson
• T. Russell
• Robert Middleton
• Charles Cameron
• George Anderson
• Charles Tennant
• Charles Cameron
• George Anderson
• Alexander Whitelaw
• George Anderson
• William Graham
• Robert Dalglish
• William Graham
• Robert Dalglish
• Walter Buchanan
• Robert Dalglish
• Walter Buchanan
• John Macgregor
• Alexander Hastie
• John Macgregor
• Alexander Hastie
• James Oswald
• John Dennistoun
• James Oswald
• William Cavendish-Bentinck
• John Dennistoun
• William Cavendish-Bentinck
• James Oswald
• Colin Dunlop
• James Oswald
• James Ewing
• Joseph Dixon
• Archibald Campbell
• Alexander Houstoun
• Kirkman Finlay
• Alexander Houstoun
• Archibald Campbell
• Boyd Alexander
• Alexander Houstoun

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (24 out of 26)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Anas Sarwar’s speeches
• Has received answers to 45 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents.
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 62 people are tracking this MSP — email me updates on Anas Sarwar’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 78 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)