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Alan Duncan

Conservative MP for Rutland & Melton

  • Shadow Minister (Prisons), Justice (since 8 Sep 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
  • Majority: 12,930 votes. — 168th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Alan Duncan voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly 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

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Trade and Industry, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Justice, Transport, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, Nuclear Power Stations, Railways, Departmental Orders and Regulations, QinetiQ

(based on written questions asked by Alan Duncan and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Justice: Kingston Prison (4 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether Mr. Bernard Pennington of HM Prison Kingston received legal aid funding in respect of his claim against the Chair of the Prisons Independent Monitoring Board.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Strategic Defence Review (Green Paper) (3 Feb 2010) has video

“How can the Secretary of State justify taking the decision now to close RAF Cottesmore in Rutland before the completion of the defence review, when the economics of doing so must be totally unclear?”

Written Answers — Home Department: Prisoners: Foreigners (1 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign national prisoners have been detained under immigration powers in (a) immigration removal centres and (b) prison for over 12 months.”

More of Alan Duncan's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 60 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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 54% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
  • 74 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alan Duncan speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 495 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Broadcasting fees from BBC. (Up to £5,000)
£222 fee from BBC for appearing on Radio 4 'Any Questions'. 1 hour's broadcasting. (Registered 7 July 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
I received a ticket for the Conservative Party's 'Black and White Party' on 4 February 2009, paid for by Rainham Steel Co Ltd. (Registered 3 March 2009)
6. Overseas visits
30 October-3 November 2008, to Oman as part of cross-party group, in my capacity as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Oman. Flights, accommodation and internal travel were paid for by the State Council of the Sultanate of Oman. (Registered 13 November 2008)
30 December 2008-4 January 2009, to Oman, as a guest of the Government of Oman. (Registered 8 January 2009)
13-16 March 2009, to Bahrain as part of cross-party group, organised by the Gulf Policy Forum. Accommodation and flights paid for by the Government of Bahrain. (Registered 18 March 2009)
7. Overseas benefits and gifts
Gift of a watch from the Government of Oman. (Registered 8 January 2009)
8. Land and Property
Rental income from residential property in London.

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£23,919 (75th) £23,027 (185th) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,623 £20,843 (229th) £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £15,734 (joint 250th with 3 others)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£23,590 (74th) £26,763 (joint 29th with 1 other) £24,946 (95th) £19,957 £22,712 (1st) £12,885 (605th) £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) £15,647 (330th)
Staffing costs£97,474 (256th) £82,886 (472nd) £82,767 (382nd) £83,937 £72,553 (233rd) £67,878 (331st) £65,277 (282nd) £50,775 (joint 150th with 1 other)
Communications Allowance£7,835 (372nd) £4,023 (503rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£7,866 (297th)3 £7,289 (334th)2 £9,075 (264th)1 £7,195 £12,086 (269th) £10,024 (326th) £11,527 (261st) £10,010 (221st)
Members' Staff Travel£634 (123rd) £312 (joint 274th with 1 other) £327 (264th) £63 £116 (416th) £63 (joint 447th with 1 other) £569 (joint 239th with 1 other) £333 (joint 304th with 1 other)
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £0 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£1,298 (594th) £499 (joint 490th with 1 other) £463 (545th) £625 £561 (468th) £497 (510th) £954 (360th) £535 (535th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,538 (291st) £1,110 (572nd) £1,587 £2,248 (367th) £2,196 (372nd) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,111 (joint 476th with 3 others) £973 (joint 454th with 10 others) £0 £1,996 (joint 77th with 2 others) £1,996 (joint 70th with 3 others) £1,996 (joint 69th with 3 others) £1,996 (joint 68th with 3 others)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £227 (82nd) £0 £0
Total£162,615 (156th) £148,448 (297th) £141,771 (245th) £134,987 £133,115 (137th) £116,099 (389th) £118,279 (205th) £95,030 (167th)

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,203 (86th). Rail £1,486 (385th). Other: Rail £600 (34th).

3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,994 (90th). Rail £1,409 (416th). Other: Mileage £372 (21st). Rail £196 (83rd). Air £366 (11th). European £529 (97th).

1 Car £5,510 (105th). Rail £3,565 (239th).