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Adrian Sanders
Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Adrian Sanders voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Transport, Treasury, Culture Media and Sport, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Tourism, Diabetes, Correspondence, Non-Governmental Organisations, Departmental Food
(based on written questions asked by Adrian Sanders and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
- Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Licensing Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Land Registration Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: Vacant Land (25 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the amount of surplus land held in the UK by his Department which could be released for economic development; and if he will make a statement.”
- Childhood Obesity and Diabetes (24 Apr 2013)
“Does my hon. Friend not think there would be an enormous benefit in having a simple traffic-light system so that parents buying children food understand that red means danger? Similarly, people queuing up at a fast-food restaurant will know which items on the menu contain the most sugar.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 123 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 76.68% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 186 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from ComRes for completing opinion polls. Address: ComRes, 4 Millbank, London:
Received payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 26 June 2012)
Received payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 17 July 2012)
Received payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 31 August 2012)
Received payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 5 December 2012)
Received payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 2 January 2013)
Received payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 6 March 2013)
Received payment of £75. Hours: 45 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 3 April 2013)
Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone St, London EC1Y 8RT, for completing opinion polls:
Received payment of £70. Hours: 50 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 3 August 2012)
Payments from Ipsos MORI for completing opinion polls. Address: 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY:
Received payment of £150 for completing an opinion poll. Hours: 1 hr. Fee donated to local charities. (Registered 14 January 2013)
8. Land and Property
Residential property in Paignton, from which rental income is derived.
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £18,225 (352nd) | £19,924 (390th) | £20,099 (383rd) | £18,753 | £18,354 (385th) | £17,643 (386th) | £19,422 (328th) | £12,295 (507th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,704 (282nd) | £23,656 (73rd) | £22,940 (159th) | £19,572 | £17,256 (400th) | £18,510 (404th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,059 (198th) |
| Staffing costs | £95,347 (326th) | £88,170 (306th) | £84,776 (301st) | £82,926 | £72,274 (245th) | £71,454 (150th) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £41,615 (478th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,731 (252nd) | £9,072 (277th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,805 (302nd)1 | £10,811 (195th)2 | £10,236 (207th)3 | £10,412 | £12,829 (237th) | £12,289 (238th) | £12,316 (joint 229th with 1 other) | £7,737 (334th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,066 (76th) | £2,116 (23rd) | £1,669 (54th) | £2,997 | £2,476 (43rd) | £1,696 (79th) | £887 (185th) | £702 (190th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £543 (209th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,850 (66th) | £1,210 (joint 149th with 1 other) | £1,345 (188th) | £1,284 | £1,339 (joint 201st with 1 other) | £1,124 (joint 211th with 1 other) | £2,146 (69th) | £1,052 (303rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,728 (joint 84th with 1 other) | £6,429 (94th) | £5,216 | £5,195 (133rd) | £5,281 (106th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,323 (joint 157th with 1 other) | £982 (joint 444th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,961 (joint 170th with 5 others) | £1,961 (joint 165th with 5 others) | £1,961 (joint 163rd with 5 others) | £1,961 (joint 156th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £1,707 (72nd) | £2,510 (47th) | £0 | £1,427 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £7,405 (5th) |
| Total | £159,434 (202nd) | £164,063 (56th) | £148,476 (112th) | £142,587 | £131,684 (158th) | £129,958 (119th) | £124,178 (82nd) | £91,826 (238th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,514 (315th). Rail £5,291 (172nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,906 (226th). Rail £6,905 (118th).
3 Car £3,471 (280th). Rail £6,646 (102nd). Other £119 (51st).