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Andrew Tyrie
Conservative MP for Chichester
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 10,860 votes. — 265th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Tyrie voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against 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
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Treasury Committee (since 10 Feb 2009)
- Member, Justice Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Justice, Defence, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Special Advisers, Political Parties: Finance, Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers, Political Levy, Rendition
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Tyrie and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill: Clause 14 — Short title and commencement (1 Jul 2009)
“There are three good reasons why we need a sunset clause. First, as the Secretary of State said, this is emergency legislation, and emergency legislation should generally carry a review or a sunset clause. Secondly, the Government have themselves published guidelines with which to judge whether Bills or regulations should have sunset clauses. On the list of criteria deemed to be particularly...”
- Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation: Clause 2 — MPs' salaries (30 Jun 2009)
“The Minister seems to be ignorant of the fact that pay is not part of the Kelly review. Also, she seems to have forgotten that her own Secretary of State has described this as emergency legislation, which by definition is generally considered to be temporary and something to which we return in due course.”
- Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation: Clause 2 — MPs' salaries (30 Jun 2009)
“I wish to press the amendment to a Division.”
More of Andrew Tyrie's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 162 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 366 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £19,926 (261st) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £16,619 (109th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £9,234 (604th) | £9,338 (624th) | £7,913 | £10,353 (601st) | £16,198 (549th) | £16,740 (496th) | £8,995 (549th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £93,926 (82nd) | £98,377 (6th) | £96,168 | £84,625 (16th) | £73,648 (joint 66th) | £67,404 (joint 154th) | £52,658 (109th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,527 (494th)* | £5,064 (469th)** | £4,698 | £7,108 (460th) | £7,465 (422nd) | £6,602 (462nd) | £6,390 (404th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £48 | £60 (439th) | £0 | £0 | £61 (joint 430th) |
| 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 | £1,268 (joint 136th) | £845 (342nd) | £1,255 | £1,063 (266th) | £1,521 (127th) | £1,105 (288th) | £1,698 (120th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,398 (189th) | £2,227 (379th) | £1,454 | £1,746 (joint 446th) | £3,716 (187th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,396 (joint 72nd) | £1,309 (joint 38th) | £0 | £1,627 (533rd) | £1,627 (522nd) | £1,627 (490th) | £1,627 (412th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £13,384 (8th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £136,832 (453rd) | £139,270 (297th) | £133,170 | £140,868 (60th) | £124,101 (222nd) | £113,200 (323rd) | £88,048 (345th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,402 (168th). Rail £125 (553rd).