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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

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Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Defence, Trade and Industry, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): GM Crops, Nuclear Weapons, Childhood Obesity, Iraq, Genetically Modified Organisms

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RSS feed Most recent appearances in parliament

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Hospital Beds (6 May 2008)

“Without getting drawn into the relative merits of various claims for new hospital building, will the Minister look carefully at the arguments in favour of reducing occupancy rates? As I understand it, in France there is a presumption that a 70 per cent. occupancy rate is the tipping point beyond which the gains begin to be overtaken by hospital infections, re-admissions and staff turnover....”

Orders of the Day: New Clause 4 — Tariffs for renewable energy (30 Apr 2008)

“I have listened to the concerns and arguments that the Minister has put forward. Let me try to address two of his concerns, and then his arguments. The first concern is about the commitment that he has already made to considering the issue of microgeneration. The great difficulty is that there is a whole series of issues that the Government have agreed to consider. For instance, they agreed...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 54 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 4 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 79 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alan Simpson speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 170 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

Type2006/07 (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)
Additional Costs Allowance£22,110 (joint 1st)£21,490£20,901 (joint 189th)£20,333 (joint 3rd)£19,722 (joint 1st)£14,381 (joint 416th)
London Supplement£0£0£0£0£0£0
Incidental Expenses Provision£21,947 (187th)£23,785£19,325 (joint 11th)£18,793 (joint 228th)£18,200 (joint 267th)£13,094 (415th)
Staffing Allowance£85,767 (267th)£80,075£70,336 (joint 324th)£66,534 (395th)£65,596 (joint 179th)£47,374 (266th)
Members' Travel£9,293 (255th)*£7,526£10,211 (328th)£13,115 (209th)£12,176 (joint 239th)£8,264 (309th)
Members' Staff Travel£1,268 (joint 89th)£134£579 (joint 260th)£895 (joint 175th)£361 (303rd)£337 (joint 301st)
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,540 (151st)£1,754£1,891 (117th)£2,220 (48th)£2,462 (41st)£3,120 (17th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£5,990 (104th)£6,731£9,253 (53rd)£10,654 (22nd)N/AN/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£935 (joint 507th)£0£2,023 (joint 35th)£2,023 (joint 31st)£2,023 (joint 31st)£2,023 (joint 30th)
Other Costs£0£9,125£1,652 (70th)£12,771 (5th)£0£60 (67th)
Total£148,850 (101st)£150,620£136,171 (101st)£147,338 (10th)£120,540 (156th)£88,653 (331st)

* Car £3,828 (256th). Rail £4,764 (188th). European £701 (66th).