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Alan Haselhurst
Conservative MP for Saffron Walden
- Also represented Middleton and Prestwich
- Changed party from Conservative on 16 May 2005
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — 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 Alan Haselhurst voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Stansted Airport, London Airports: Night Flying, Aviation, London Airports: Passengers, Aviation: Climate Change
(based on written questions asked by Alan Haselhurst and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Backbench Business — Commonwealth Day — [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] (14 Mar 2013)
“Thank you, Mr Hollobone, for allowing me to say a few words to wind up the debate. I thank those colleagues who have participated. I thank the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy), and the Minister. We have had a good demonstration of why such a debate is very appropriate for us to conduct. Much has been said—rightly, because of the timing—regarding...”
- Backbench Business — Commonwealth Day — [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] (14 Mar 2013)
“Mr Hollobone, I am grateful to you for calling me to speak in that generous manner. I am not sure that I can quite live up to that billing, but I appreciate the opportunity to address you in the Chair. I am also grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for agreeing, at a congested time in the parliamentary programme, that we could have a debate on the Commonwealth. It has been my...”
- Backbench Business — Commonwealth Day — [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] (14 Mar 2013)
“I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Yes, I am indeed aware of that. However, given that I happen to be the chairperson of the CPA, I thought I would concentrate on the organisation for which I have some responsibility, rather than range over the whole field. Of course I acknowledge what my hon. Friend says, as well as the need for many of the organisations he mentioned to work together. In some...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 22 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 1009 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £21,504 (230th) | £22,957 (208th) | £20,656 (365th) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,915 (193rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £6,531 (629th) | £10,361 (586th) | £16,289 (530th) | £20,000 | £14,088 (524th) | £15,773 (558th) | £17,466 (450th) | £19,061 (197th) |
| Staffing costs | £76,495 (594th) | £69,779 (612th) | £67,368 (605th) | £63,917 | £57,920 (625th) | £58,479 (606th) | £60,394 (516th) | £45,416 (350th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,654 (265th) | £9,940 (157th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,101 (500th)1 | £4,502 (joint 496th with 1 other)2 | £3,798 (530th)3 | £4,062 | £6,498 (480th) | £5,273 (510th) | £5,569 (501st) | £4,537 (488th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £154 (313th) | £263 (297th) | £363 (255th) | £169 | £149 (394th) | £131 (joint 398th with 1 other) | £265 (348th) | £33 (joint 450th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £233 (270th) | £277 (joint 271st with 1 other) | 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 | £3,609 (312th) | £827 (joint 298th with 1 other) | £778 (377th) | £893 | £755 (joint 376th with 1 other) | £629 (joint 445th with 1 other) | £1,388 (joint 186th with 2 others) | £1,206 (261st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,022 (236th) | £2,324 (365th) | £2,487 | £1,254 (535th) | £2,118 (387th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,040 (546th) | £825 (joint 596th with 1 other) | £493 | £1,408 (599th) | £1,408 (588th) | £1,408 (572nd) | £915 (576th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £122,282 (586th) | £122,968 (582nd) | £112,401 (599th) | £113,655 | £104,592 (590th) | £105,718 (559th) | £107,739 (450th) | £88,310 (339th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,148 (356th). Rail £1,953 (359th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,476 (343rd). Rail £2,026 (349th).