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Alan Simpson
Labour MP for Nottingham South
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 7,486 votes. — 249th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alan Simpson voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Defence, Health, Trade and Industry, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): GM Crops, Nuclear Weapons, Childhood Obesity, Iraq, Genetically Modified Organisms
(based on written questions asked by Alan Simpson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Home Energy Conservation Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Hunting Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Sustainable Communities (26 Jan 2010) has video
“One of the specific groups of amendments that has been tabled has come from areas most adversely affected by a prodigious growth in student houses in multiple occupation. In my own city of Nottingham, only 2,000 of a total of 7,000 houses in multiple occupation are covered by the current licensing regime, and many of those seeking to avoid it are in the process of converting sheds and garages...”
- Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Energy Security (13 Jan 2010) has video
“It is extremely unfortunate that the claim about there being eight days of gas supply left will fall into the same category as people being 45 minutes from extinction by Saddam's nuclear weapons. I say "unfortunate" because there is a crisis in energy security that has to be addressed. However, it needs to be addressed over the next eight years, not the next eight days. The 2008 House of...”
- Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Energy Security (13 Jan 2010) has video
“That is absolutely right, provided that we set sufficiently ambitious tariffs, which I think need to include a three-year period and a 10 per cent. internal rate of return. That will give us the sort of renewables industry that the UK does not have at the moment. Those who say that a cost will have to be paid should look at the Deutsche Bank report that analysed the effect of that approach in...”
More of Alan Simpson's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — 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 62% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 87 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alan Simpson speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 369 times in debates — 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 | £23,654 (100th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,490 | £20,901 (joint 189th with 5 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,381 (joint 416th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £21,336 (155th) | £21,310 (146th) | £21,947 (187th) | £23,785 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,793 (joint 228th with 3 others) | £18,200 (joint 267th with 2 others) | £13,094 (415th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,909 (130th) | £90,505 (joint 183rd with 5 others) | £85,767 (267th) | £80,075 | £70,336 (joint 324th with 20 others) | £66,534 (395th) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £47,374 (266th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,392 (385th) | £3,058 (524th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,069 (197th)3 | £8,862 (261st)2 | £9,293 (255th)1 | £7,526 | £10,211 (328th) | £13,115 (209th) | £12,176 (joint 239th with 1 other) | £8,264 (309th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £367 (joint 201st with 1 other) | £1,767 (30th) | £1,268 (joint 89th with 1 other) | £134 | £579 (joint 260th with 1 other) | £895 (joint 175th with 1 other) | £361 (303rd) | £337 (joint 301st with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £459 (joint 206th with 1 other) | £1,020 (joint 121st 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 | £5,993 (122nd) | £1,509 (95th) | £1,540 (151st) | £1,754 | £1,891 (117th) | £2,220 (48th) | £2,462 (41st) | £3,120 (17th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,030 (136th) | £5,990 (104th) | £6,731 | £9,253 (53rd) | £10,654 (22nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,142 (joint 426th with 2 others) | £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) | £0 | £2,023 (joint 35th with 1 other) | £2,023 (joint 31st with 1 other) | £2,023 (joint 31st with 1 other) | £2,023 (joint 30th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9,125 | £1,652 (70th) | £12,771 (5th) | £0 | £60 (67th) |
| Total | £170,179 (74th) | £156,286 (161st) | £148,850 (101st) | £150,620 | £136,171 (101st) | £147,338 (10th) | £120,540 (156th) | £88,653 (331st) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,200 (278th). Rail £5,662 (160th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,304 (247th). Rail £5,714 (153rd). Other: European £1,051 (50th).
1 Car £3,828 (256th). Rail £4,764 (188th). European £701 (66th).