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Andrew Pelling

Independent MP for Croydon Central

  • Changed party from Conservative on 25 Sep 2007
  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
  • Majority: 75 votes. — 642nd out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Andrew Pelling voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education and Skills, Trade and Industry

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Staff, Departmental Staff (Chronic Back Pain), Sri Lanka, Chronic Back Pain, Prisons

(based on written questions asked by Andrew Pelling and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Young Offender Institutions (3 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per inmate on healthcare for inmates of young offender institutions in 2008-09.”

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (28 Oct 2009) has video

“Will the Minister give way?”

More of Andrew Pelling's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 63 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 19 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 38% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
  • 119 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Andrew Pelling speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 97 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Client relationship work for Tokai Tokyo Securities Europe Limited, 40 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5DE. Undertake financial securities company work.
Received payment of £6,240.39. Hours: 6hrs. (Registered 11 August 2009)
Received payment of £6,240.39. Hours: 6hrs. (Registered 16 September 2009)
Received payment of £6,240.39. Hours: 8hrs. (Registered 29 September 2009)

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
Additional Costs Allowance£0 £0 £0        
London Supplement£2,812 (joint 1st) £2,712 (joint 1st) £2,360        
Incidental Expenses Provision£10,244 (587th) £16,370 (526th) £18,850        
Staffing Allowance£79,226 (539th) £87,844 (127th) £83,000        
Communications Allowance£10,887 (78th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£22 (635th)* £612 (627th)** £0        
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0        
Members' Spouse Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£787 (319th) £1,029 (271st) £1,095        
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,755 (424th) £2,590 (325th) £3,283 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,140 (431st) £1,058 (joint 320th) £878        
Other Costs£0 £0 £0        
Total£106,873 (625th) £112,215 (600th) £109,466        

* Other: Mileage £1 (90th). Rail £21 (180th).

** Car £612 (560th).