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Andrew Selous
Conservative MP for South West Bedfordshire
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Selous voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. 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 very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Transport, Health, Home Department, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Manpower, Written Questions: Government Responses, Departmental Flexible Working, Departmental Working Hours, Children: Maintenance
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Selous and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Pensions Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Pensions Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
- Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Housing Bill Committee (13 out of 19)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Fireworks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (21 May 2013)
“I strongly back the Government’s plans to get prisoners to do a full day’s work, but how can we make sure that they do not undercut the jobs of other UK workers whose businesses have higher costs than businesses in prisons?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 74 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 28 written questions in the last year — 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 87.72% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 40 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 466 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Received £75 for completing the April-May 2012 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 19 June 2012)
Received £75 from ComRes for taking part in the May–June 2012 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 20 July 2012)
Received £75 for taking part in the July 2012 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 30 August 2012)
3 December, received £75 for taking part in the November 2012 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 4 December 2012)
27 December 2012 received £75 for taking part in the ComRes November – December 2012 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 9 January 2013)
Received £75 for taking part in the January 2013 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 1 March 2013)
Received £75 for taking part in the February-March 2013 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 23 April 2013)
Dods Parliamentary Communications Ltd, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP:
Received payment of £150 for three surveys over several months.Hours: 30 mins each. (Registered 4 December 2012)
Ipsos MORI , 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY:
Received payment of £150 on 19 September for completing survey in June 2012. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 20 September 2012)
8. Land and Property
Residential property in London, from which rental income is received.
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £22,297 (178th) | £23,074 (joint 161st with 1 other) | £22,108 (joint 188th with 3 others) | £21,631 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £17,901 (72nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £7,878 (613th) | £7,372 (622nd) | £16,337 (528th) | £12,426 | £12,317 (572nd) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,231 (joint 196th with 6 others) | £28,744 (36th) |
| Staffing costs | £93,763 (367th) | £89,000 (273rd) | £82,859 (378th) | £86,719 | £84,502 (18th) | £74,962 (41st) | £70,964 (63rd) | £45,559 (340th) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,841 (454th) | £5,828 (421st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,810 (392nd)1 | £5,238 (451st)2 | £6,068 (400th)3 | £4,257 | £5,711 (510th) | £5,106 (516th) | £7,400 (433rd) | £6,728 (381st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £19 (410th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £20 (459th) | £60 (joint 449th with 1 other) | £0 | £142 (joint 379th with 3 others) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £6,943 (45th) | £1,148 (180th) | £1,287 (199th) | £1,386 | £1,549 (165th) | £1,209 (182nd) | £1,198 (254th) | £1,580 (147th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,731 (10th) | £7,830 (60th) | £6,531 | £6,826 (81st) | £5,027 (117th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,237 (joint 277th with 1 other) | £1,166 (joint 151st with 11 others) | £793 | £1,945 (joint 204th with 5 others) | £1,945 (joint 199th with 6 others) | £1,945 (joint 196th with 6 others) | £1,945 (joint 186th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £465 (76th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £142,551 (418th) | £138,628 (424th) | £137,655 (328th) | £133,743 | £133,772 (128th) | £127,906 (154th) | £119,460 (179th) | £102,599 (61st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,121 (477th). Rail £4,012 (235th). Misc £587 (64th). Other: Mileage £90 (50th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,416 (474th). Rail £2,557 (320th). Misc £699 (52nd). Other: European £566 (98th).
3 Car £2,285 (389th). Rail £2,370 (306th). Other £888 (29th). European £525 (87th).