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Andrew Lansley
Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire
- Secretary of State, Health (since 12 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Lansley voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Home Department, Education and Skills, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): NHS: Finance, Influenza, NHS Finance, General Practitioners, Dentistry
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Lansley and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Human Tissue Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Water Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
- Communications Bill Committee (25 out of 25)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (18 out of 23)
- Enterprise Bill Committee (9 out of 19)
- Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House: Health Transition Risk Register (10 May 2012)
“Most of that was synthetic indignation. I am really surprised; the right hon. Gentleman cannot have read any of the review of the risk register that I published on Tuesday. That set out, in detail, all the risk areas carried in the risk register and the mitigating actions that have been taken. There is in no sense any area of risk identified 18 months ago that has not been put into the public...”
- Business of the House: Health Transition Risk Register (10 May 2012)
“Thank you, Mr Speaker. Let me be clear. The right hon. Gentleman, as a Minister, refused requests for the publication of risk registers. This risk register, the transition risk register, at the point when it was requested and formulated, was absolutely part of the formulation and development of policy and has continued to be used as part of the development of policy. To make it clearer what...”
- Business of the House: Health Transition Risk Register (10 May 2012)
“I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. This case is seen and was judged by me and my colleagues on its particular circumstances; as I made clear, it is an exceptional case. One of the arguments that underlay our decision was necessarily the one about the principle that we were assessing. That principle is very clear: the Freedom of Information Act envisages that there should be an exemption...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 65.69% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 24 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1240 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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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 | £21,452 (232nd) | £21,399 (319th) | £19,696 (399th) | £20,110 | £17,165 (424th) | £20,107 (241st) | £19,242 (346th) | £16,580 (113th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,554 (379th) | £18,067 (346th) | £19,329 (412th) | £17,462 | £15,227 (joint 482nd with 1 other) | £18,375 (421st) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £13,395 (402nd) |
| Staffing costs | £97,923 (237th) | £93,046 (101st) | £84,368 (321st) | £68,589 | £68,276 (444th) | £64,781 (449th) | £60,275 (520th) | £45,270 (355th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,440 (161st) | £9,944 (joint 153rd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,423 (315th)1 | £6,951 (353rd)2 | £5,916 (408th)3 | £5,822 | £7,378 (449th) | £4,555 (539th) | £5,996 (484th) | £3,957 (519th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £203 (joint 280th with 2 others) | £0 | £31 (joint 421st with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £243 (joint 261st with 1 other) | £428 (228th) | 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 | £5,612 (140th) | £1,180 (164th) | £978 (joint 289th with 1 other) | £756 | £813 (355th) | £1,102 (222nd) | £729 (joint 457th with 1 other) | £1,215 (joint 257th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,913 (joint 141st with 1 other) | £4,515 (160th) | £3,849 | £3,195 (246th) | £4,798 (joint 124th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,178 (joint 364th with 1 other) | £873 (joint 577th with 3 others) | £506 | £1,696 (519th) | £1,696 (509th) | £1,191 (607th) | £1,191 (525th) | |
| Other Costs | £11,300 (11th) | £305 (joint 84th with 1 other) | £0 | £2,100 | £11,591 (12th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £171,150 (70th) | £156,411 (158th) | £135,706 (366th) | £119,194 | £125,341 (288th) | £115,414 (404th) | £105,667 (479th) | £81,608 (463rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,050 (266th). Rail £1,988 (352nd). Misc £21 (230th). Other: Mileage £1,284 (1st). Rail £1,080 (17th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,125 (283rd). Rail £1,822 (361st). Misc £46 (202nd). Other: Mileage £72 (61st). Rail £1,322 (14th). Air £179 (35th). European £385 (118th).
3 Car £4,171 (220th). Rail £944 (424th). Air £265 (197th). European £536 (85th).