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Andrew Murrison
Conservative MP for South West Wiltshire
- Also represented Westbury
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Murrison voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and 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 for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Justice, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Housing, Dentistry, Influenza, Armed Forces: Health Services, Armed Forces: Influenza
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Murrison and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Human Tissue Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Health Protection Agency Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (19 out of 23)
- Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Foreign National Prisoners (31 Jan 2012)
“In designing prisoner transfer agreements, will the Minister ensure that the legitimate expectations of the victims of crime in this country are satisfied? Too often we find them fearful that their natural desire for retributive justice is going unfulfilled.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 91.49% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 292 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Surgeon Commander Royal Naval Reserve.
6 June 2011, received fee of £75 for completion of survey. Hours: 20 minutes (Registered 9 June 2011)
6 June 2011, received fee of £450 for completion of four surveys. Hours: 2 (total). (Registered 9 June 2011)
15 August 2011, received fee of £75 for completion of survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 August 2011)
3 November 2011, received fee of £50 for completion of survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 21 November 2011)
6 June 2011, received fee of £80. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 9 June 2011)
Fees for completing surveys for Opinion Leader 4th Floor Holborn Gate 26 Southampton Buildings London WC1A 1AH.
Fee of £150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion survey on 16 September 2011. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 3 October 2011)
Health Management Ltd, Ash House The Broyle Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5NN meet the cost of my medical indemnity insurance in return for weekly clinical sessions. (Registered 13 July 2010):
Received on 8 July 2011, £2,028 for medical indemnity cover. (Registered 13 September 2011)
Received on 30 September 2011, £77 to cover professional body annual subscription. (Registered 3 October 2011)
8. Land and Property
Joint owner, with my wife, of agricultural buildings and field in Wiltshire.
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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.
| 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 | £15,897 (413th) | £20,401 (375th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,556 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £16,568 (421st) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £17,571 (74th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,131 (562nd) | £15,755 (440th) | £19,301 (414th) | £23,576 | £18,776 (274th) | £18,588 (390th) | £17,834 (407th) | £37,649 (8th) |
| Staffing costs | £85,994 (507th) | £83,421 (459th) | £81,915 (403rd) | £79,626 | £70,141 (372nd) | £62,241 (560th) | £62,302 (390th) | £36,599 (576th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,038 (237th) | £3,387 (517th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,414 (316th)1 | £7,424 (329th)2 | £6,660 (357th)3 | £6,210 | £6,421 (483rd) | £3,881 (562nd) | £6,472 (467th) | £6,469 (397th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £41 (joint 390th with 1 other) | £86 (joint 384th with 1 other) | £74 (393rd) | £24 | £27 (joint 455th with 2 others) | £47 (458th) | £0 | £122 (joint 389th with 2 others) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £66 (319th) | £22 (355th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £15 (joint 109th with 1 other) | £39 (joint 104th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,898 (193rd) | £838 (291st) | £1,452 (169th) | £1,159 | £1,018 (joint 280th with 1 other) | £559 (joint 478th with 1 other) | £1,052 (312th) | £734 (435th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,463 (178th) | £2,495 (340th) | £3,661 | £4,411 (169th) | £3,881 (175th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,199 (joint 326th with 5 others) | £973 (joint 454th with 10 others) | £137 | £1,968 (joint 134th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 127th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 126th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 121st with 10 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £135,494 (499th) | £136,035 (463rd) | £134,980 (379th) | £135,949 | £123,664 (313th) | £107,733 (537th) | £109,350 (408th) | £101,112 (77th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,978 (373rd). Rail £4,529 (205th). Misc £58 (191st). Other: Mileage £214 (32nd). Rail £346 (59th). European £289 (123rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,613 (331st). Rail £4,527 (208th). Misc £81 (173rd). Other: Mileage £111 (48th). Rail £92 (122nd).