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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
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Selous voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly 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 very strongly 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 moderately for a stricter asylum system. 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 for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Transport, Education and Skills, Home Department, Health
- 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)
- Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Pensions Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
- Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Housing Bill Committee (13 out of 19)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Fireworks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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)
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Broadband (9 Feb 2012)
“What steps he is taking to extend broadband coverage.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Broadband (9 Feb 2012)
“Residents of villages such as Hockliffe, Stanbridge, Tilsworth and Eggington often have to make do with broadband speeds of only 1.5 megabits per second, which is very restrictive for local people and severely limits the ability of local businesses to grow. So when can residents in these villages expect things to get better for them?”
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Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 70 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 50 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 88.29% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 27 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") 428 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Comres 4 Millbank London SW1P 3JA
Received payment of £75 on 17 February 2011 for completing January survey of MPs opinions. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 February 2011)
Received payment of £75 for completing March 2011 survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 10 March 2011)
Received payment of £75 on 3 May 2011 for completing March-April 2011 survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 3 May 2011)
Received payment of £75 for completing May 2011 survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 6 June 2011)
Received payment of £75 for completing June 2011 survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 27 June 2011)
Received payment of £75 for completing July 2011 survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 23 August 2011)
Received payment of £75 for completing survey on behalf of Scottish Widows. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 6 September 2011)
Received payment of £75 for completing October/November 2011 survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 5 December 2011)
Received payment of £150 for taking part in an interview on 4 July. Hours: 50 mins.
Received payment of £150 for taking part in an interview on 8 December 2011. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 14 December 2011)
Received payment of £75 for completing November/December 2011 survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 5 January 2012)
Received payment of £50 in May 2011 for completing a survey. Fee donated to charity. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 11 January 2012)
Received payment of £50 in October 2011 for completing a survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 11 January 2012)
Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY.
Received payment of £150 for taking part in an interview on 4 July. Hours: 50 mins. (Registered 18 July 2011)
Received payment of £150 for taking part in an interview on 4 July. Hours: 50 mins.
Populus, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT.
Received payment of £75 on 22 March 2011 for taking part in a survey. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 23 March 2011)
YouGovStone, 50 Featherstone St, London EC1Y 8RT:
Received payment of £80 for completing a survey on 4 February 2011. Hours: 35 mins. (Registered 8 February 2011)
Received payment of £80 for completing a survey. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 11 January 2012)
Dods Parliamentary Communications Ltd, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP:
Payment of £100 for completing four surveys. Hours: 1 hr. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 13 May 2011)
Payment of £100 for completing four surveys. Hours: 1 hr. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 21 July 2011)
Payment of £100 for completing a survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 16 January 2012)
Payment of £125 for speaking at the National Club, St James’s Street, London SW1. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 17 June 2011)
Payment of £100, donated to charity, for speaking at the Hockliffe Street Baptist church, Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 1EZ.
Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 22 December 2011)
8. Land and Property
Residential property in London, from which rental income is received.
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 | £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).