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Andrew Turner
Conservative MP for Isle of Wight
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Turner voted on key issues since 2001:
- 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 laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education and Skills, Home Department, Health, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Parliamentary Questions, Press and Public Relations, Departmental Staff, Zimbabwe
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Turner and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Health Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Charities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (9 out of 13)
- Licensing Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Local Government Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Education Bill Committee (15 out of 20)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of 4)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning (30 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what progress each planning authority has made towards the Core Strategy; and how many housing units have been agreed; (2) in respect of each planning authority, what progress has been made with producing its core strategy; within each such strategy, how many units of housing are envisaged; how much land will be...”
- Written Answers — Education: Music: Education (19 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what arrangements his Department has put in place to support high quality music teaching in schools (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in England after the implementation of a funding formula based on pupil numbers.”
- Royal Assent: Assisted Suicide (27 Mar 2012)
“I rise to contribute to this very important debate. First, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South (Richard Ottaway) for bringing the issue before the House, and to others who have tabled amendments allowing us to have a wide-ranging discussion. I say at the outset that I am not in favour of assisted suicide. The reason is a strong personal belief in the sanctity of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 24 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 87.04% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 20 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 321 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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 | £15,091 (424th) | £19,953 (389th) | £20,064 (384th) | £19,997 | £19,983 (308th) | £16,359 (425th) | £14,989 (522nd) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £13,199 (496th) | £14,564 (477th) | £15,869 (546th) | £15,719 | £17,326 (393rd) | £17,648 (494th) | £18,104 (338th) | £24,652 (73rd) |
| Staffing costs | £79,175 (576th) | £82,453 (484th) | £83,669 (349th) | £83,161 | £72,664 (231st) | £60,969 (584th) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £49,662 (195th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,928 (480th) | £6,779 (383rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,333 (430th)1 | £7,870 (305th)2 | £5,081 (467th)3 | £6,139 | £6,783 (470th) | £7,238 (428th) | £6,201 (477th) | £7,196 (359th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £976 (109th) | £1,014 (124th) | £778 | £1,053 (joint 175th with 1 other) | £669 (219th) | £370 (joint 296th with 1 other) | £264 (324th) |
| 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 | £3,080 (363rd) | £1,110 (189th) | £970 (293rd) | £1,600 | £1,235 (joint 221st with 1 other) | £1,194 (186th) | £1,867 (joint 102nd with 1 other) | £2,311 (46th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,523 (293rd) | £1,528 (joint 491st with 1 other) | £3,605 | £2,333 (358th) | £2,617 (316th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,413 (joint 62nd with 3 others) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £1,209 | £1,877 (joint 346th with 6 others) | £1,877 (joint 340th with 5 others) | £1,877 (joint 332nd with 5 others) | £1,877 (joint 312th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £1,808 (69th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £17,016 (2nd) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £122,614 (583rd) | £137,641 (438th) | £129,404 (463rd) | £132,208 | £123,254 (325th) | £125,587 (193rd) | £109,004 (416th) | £103,971 (49th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,846 (282nd). Rail £2,487 (317th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,667 (241st). Rail £273 (524th). Misc £3,930 (1st).
3 Car £2,516 (362nd). Rail £338 (500th). Other £2,227 (10th).