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Ben Wallace
Conservative MP for Lancaster & Wyre, Former Conservative MSP for North East Scotland
- Also represented North East Scotland
- Shadow Minister, Scotland (since 6 Jul 2007)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Entered the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999 — Election
- Left the Scottish Parliament on 31 March 2003 — Election
- Majority: 4,171 votes. — 512th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ben Wallace voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Home Department, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Committees: Ministerial Attendance, Afghanistan, QinetiQ, Dentistry, Police
(based on written questions asked by Ben Wallace and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Natural England: Crewe (2 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the running costs were of the Natural England office in Crewe in the last 12 months; how many staff at each grade Natural England employs at that office; and how long the lease for that office has left to run.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Railways: North West (1 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what plans he has to reduce railway journey times between London and (a) Lancaster, (b) Preston and (c) Crewe.”
- Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Public Expenditure (29 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department expects to spend on research and development, excluding expenditure from the science, innovation and technology budgets, in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.”
More of Ben Wallace's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 138 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 64% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
- 112 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ben Wallace speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 101 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,633 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £17,098 (350th) | £20,607 (209th) | £32,426 (2nd) | £24,624 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £103,743 (73rd) | £90,825 (160th) | £78,679 (482nd) | £66,066 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £6,562 (420th) | £9,749 (196th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £19,002 (26th)3 | £17,247 (43rd)2 | £14,343 (82nd)1 | £12,679 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £171 (295th) | £62 (399th) | £340 (261st) | £482 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £615 (joint 189th with 1 other) | 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 | £3,163 (354th) | £619 (420th) | £789 (366th) | £1,074 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,265 (332nd) | £2,398 (354th) | £3,918 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £939 (601st) | £1,166 (joint 151st with 11 others) | £1,166 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £9,512 (11th) | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £173,746 (49th) | £175,523 (4th) | £152,251 (67th) | £131,642 |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,559 (69th). Rail £8,905 (70th). Air £681 (110th). Misc £413 (77th). Other: Mileage £409 (17th). Rail £980 (20th). Air £300 (24th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,821 (47th). Rail £10,879 (38th). Air £1,130 (95th). Misc £690 (55th). Other: Rail £384 (54th). European £98 (137th).