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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
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

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: Home Department, Defence, Health, Treasury, Communities and Local Government

• 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

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dairy Farmers of Britain (2 Jul 2009)

“What discussions he has had with representatives of Dairy Farmers of Britain since it was taken into receivership.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dairy Farmers of Britain (2 Jul 2009)

“Many Dairy Farmers of Britain producers in Lancashire and Cumbria are suffering because of the collapse of their dairy business and associated cash-flow problems. Will the Secretary of State consider extending meeting the requirements of the nitrates directive by perhaps one year? Will he also consider bringing forward some of the single farm payment due in the autumn for affected farmers to...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: 21st Century Schools (30 Jun 2009)

“Both in this Chamber and on the wireless this morning, the Secretary of State studiously avoided detailing the hard, tough choices that he has made to raise £600 million from within his Department. Will he undertake to place in the House of Commons Library as soon as possible a detailed breakdown of the internal budgets or initiatives that were cut to fund that £600 million?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 128 written questions in the last year — 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 2007, 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.
• 111 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ben Wallace speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 89 times in debates — well below 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.

^* 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).

^** Car £5,457 (113th). Rail £8,215 (63rd). Air £671 (134th).