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Angus MacNeil
Scottish National Party MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Angus MacNeil voted on key issues:

    • Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
    • Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
    • Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
    • Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Transport, Defence, Scotland, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Cabinet: Glasgow, Departmental Lost Property, Departmental Visits Abroad, Disabled, Correspondence

    (based on written questions asked by Angus MacNeil and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

    SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.

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    Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)

    “I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for giving way. Is there any news on the fair fuel stabiliser coming down the tracks at all?”

    Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)

    “A good man.”

    Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)

    “Mr Speaker, I am mindful of what you have said about time and self-restraint when it comes to interventions. I would like to focus my remarks on something that the Queen’s Speech seems to have flown past: the cost of living. Right hon. and hon. Members are no strangers to my concerns about the cost of living, particularly in Na h-Eileanan an Iar, an island constituency that feels the...”

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    • Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 50 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 49.27% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
      Note SNP MPs do not vote on legislation not affecting Scotland.
    • People have made 3 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") 194 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Tenant crofter on the Island of Barra.
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: Presence Switzerland
    Address of donor: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Bundesgasse 32, CH-3003, Bern, Switzerland
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): transport, accommodation and subsistence totalling £2,263
    Destination of visit: Vaduz, Zurich, Chur, Lugano and Bern, Switzerland
    Date of visit: 26 May-1 June 2011
    Purpose of visit: All-Party British-Swiss and British-Liechtenstein Parliamentary Groups’ visit to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. A political visit to the financial, political and business institutions of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
    (Registered 7 July 2011)
    Name of donor: Department of Oceans and Environmental Affairs, Faroe Islands
    Address of donor: Tinganes, Fo-110 Torshavn, Faroes
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation and travel ; value £2,320
    Destination of visit: Faroe Islands
    Date of visit: 7-10 June 2011
    Purpose of visit: guest panellist at the Seas the Future Conference Faroe Islands
    (Registered 2 August 2011)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor:
    5.All Party Parliamentary China Group, sponsored by GKN plc, City of London, London Export Corporation (LEC), John Swire & Sons, GlaxoSmithKline, Astra Zeneca, Arup, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, HSBC.
    6.Virgin Atlantic
    Address of donor:
    5.c/o Great Britain China Centre, 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS
    6.Customer Relations, PO Box 747, Dunstable LU6 9AH
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
    5.£2,654.48, return flights to China, internal travel in China, accommodation and meals. I also received some meals and hospitality provided locally.
    6.£1,500, flight upgrade on outward journey
    Destination of visit: China; Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu
    Date of visit: 16-23 December 2011
    Purpose of visit: to maintain and strengthen relations between Parliament and the National People’s Congress of China; to learn about and support British businesses operating in China; and to deepen the knowledge and understanding of parliamentarians of China.
    (Registered 24 January 2012)
    8. Land and Property
    House in Fort William, from which rental income is received.
    Flat in Glasgow, from which rental income is received.
    Flat in London, from which rental income is received.

    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.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    Staying away from main home£19,465 (310th) £20,228 (383rd) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,634        
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Office running costs£12,463 (522nd) £16,743 (406th) £21,416 (217th) £18,366        
    Staffing costs£69,548 (613th) £70,096 (609th) £86,299 (237th) £40,607        
    Communications Allowance£5,864 (452nd) £1,036 (577th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£31,524 (2nd)1 £36,322 (1st)2 £37,273 (1st)3 £27,976        
    Members' Staff Travel£0 £209 (320th) £789 (158th) £424        
    Members' Spouse Travel£323 (244th) £482 (joint 215th with 1 other) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Family Travel£622 (31st) £1,018 (21st) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,775 (543rd) £70 (637th) £188 (631st) £443        
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£770 (593rd) £853 (600th) £2,756 N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,173 (joint 372nd with 1 other) £1,043 (joint 353rd with 5 others) £895        
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Total£141,583 (431st) £148,147 (305th) £169,971 (7th) £113,101        

    1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,640 (419th). Rail £1,408 (417th). Air £27,921 (1st). Misc £555 (68th).

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,600 (449th). Rail £4,148 (227th). Air £28,137 (1st). Misc £1,384 (19th). Other: European £1,053 (54th).

    3 Car £1,776 (443rd). 3rd party £65 (38th). Rail £4,436 (207th). Air £30,560 (1st). Other £436 (39th).

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    Other offices held in the past

    • Spokesperson (Transport; Rural Affairs; Scotland Office) (13 Jul 2009 to 11 May 2010)
    • Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Fishing and Tourism; Transport) (2 Aug 2006 to 13 Jul 2009)
    • Spokesperson (Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Transport) (16 Jan 2006 to 2 Aug 2006)
    • Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 25 Nov 2008)

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