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Adam Afriyie
Conservative MP for Windsor
- Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (since 4 Jun 2009)
Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills (since 6 Jul 2007) - Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 10,292 votes. — 213th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Adam Afriyie voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Innovation, Universities and Skills, Transport, Home Department, Treasury, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Single Farm Payments, Trading Funds, Heathrow Airport, Railways, Departmental Correspondence
(based on written questions asked by Adam Afriyie and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill: National Express East Coast Franchise (1 Jul 2009) has video
“The Minister complains that a private company has walked away, in the interests of its shareholders, from a contract with the Government. Given that the Government wrote the contract and capped the liability on the private company's holding company, does the Minister accept that they have any responsibility for this mess up?”
- Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation: Clause 5 — MPs' financial interests rules (30 Jun 2009)
“We heard a brilliant contribution from my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr. Goodman); I hope that he changes his mind at some point. On sources of outside income, we have to be absolutely clear that we are talking about jobs undertaken and time spent in addition to our work as Members of Parliament. Clearly, a ministerial job is additional to the duties of a Member of Parliament....”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Electronic Government: Operating Costs (30 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much Directgov has cost in each year since its inception.”
More of Adam Afriyie's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 57 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 73% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 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") 83 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £17,297 (381st) | £19,447 (406th) | £17,501 | ||||
| Staffing Allowance | £83,261 (joint 461st) | £72,026 (582nd) | £48,858 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £534 (joint 468th) | £606 (466th) | £506 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,270 (331st) | £1,945 (422nd) | £600 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,290 (joint 203rd) | £860 (585th) | £860 | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £104,652 (629th) | £94,884 (638th) | £68,325 |