To mark a year since his election in June 2017, Luke Pollard MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport has published the second set of bi-annual Parliamentary performance stats.

The one year benchmark statistics show that between 8 June 2017 and 8 June 2018 Luke has spoken 94 times in Parliamentary debates this year, he has mentioned Plymouth 60 times over the year, he has tabled 184 written questions and voted in 85.98% of votes.

Luke Pollard MP said:

“I’m proud to release my second series of performance stats today. When I was elected I said I want to do politics differently – that means being open, transparent and more accountable as Plymouth’s Member of Parliament. I know people want their MPs to champion their local area and I want people to see what I’m up to when I’m away campaigning in Parliament.”

“Plymouth has been ignored by Westminster for a long time. We suffer poor connectivity and a lack of attention and proper, long term funding from Government – only last month the Transport Secretary labelled our region as the ‘extremities’. That I why I believe we will never get the good deal it deserves by chance or by accident.  We will never get our fair share of money, time and attention from Westminster compared with other parts of the country if we stay quiet. I am determined to play a role in securing this through my work in Parliament and that’s why I published these stats today.”

A full guide for how these stats are calculated and what they mean, use the methodology below:

STATS METHODOLOGY

Times spoken

What does this mean?

This is the number of debates that the MP has spoken in, both in the House of Commons Chamber and Westminster Hall. It does not count the same debate twice. It also counts the number of Question Times where MPs ask Ministers questions. This does not include contributions as a Chair.

How can I check this?

1.Go to Theyworkforyou.com. Search for the MP and click on ‘Numerology‘.

2.Click on ‘See all X’s speeches’

3.Click ‘Advanced search‘.

4.Specify date range.

Times mentioned Plymouth

What does this mean? 

This is the number of debates or question times in which the MP has said the word ‘Plymouth’. This is not a count of the number of times the MP said the word ‘Plymouth‘.  Plymouth only counts once on each occasion. This does not include written questions.

How can I check this?

1.Go to Theyworkforyou.com and search for MP and click on Numerology.

2.Click on ‘See all X’s speeches’

3.Click ‘Advanced search‘.

4.’Find this exact word or phrase’ – Plymouth

5.Specify date range.

Written Questions tabled

What does this mean? 

This is the total number of Written Questions that the MP has tabled. Written Questions are another way that MPs hold Government to account.

How can I check this?

1.Go to Parliament.uk

2.’Parliamentary business’ tab

3.’Publications & records’

4.’Written Questions and Answers and Written Statements’

5.Search for Member and specify date range

Votes voted in (%)

What does this mean? 

This is the percentage of votes in which the MP has voted since. Where an MP has not voted that means they abstained or were not present.

This includes votes for Private Members Bills held on sitting Fridays and votes for Opposition Day Motions.

How can I check this?

1.Go to Theyworkforyou.com and search for MP ‘Numerology’

2.See ‘Has voted in X% of votes in this Parliament‘