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Boris Johnson
Former Conservative MP for Henley
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Left Parliament on 4 June 2008 — Resigned
- Majority: 12,793 votes. — 150th out of 635 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Boris Johnson voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Jun 2008) has video
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you for all your kindness over the years. Can I use my last few seconds in this great cockpit of our nation to ask the Prime Minister to join me in congratulating the London authorities on successfully implementing the ban on alcohol on tubes and buses, and on doubling the safer transport teams so that we will have more uniformed people on buses than at any...”
- Deferred Division: Crime (London) (23 Apr 2008) has video
“rose—”
- Deferred Division: Crime (London) (23 Apr 2008) has video
“I agree deeply with my hon. Friend's profound analysis of what is going wrong on London transport. The 100 per cent. tolerance of so-called minor disorder and minor crime on the buses and the tubes is aggravating more serious criminality on the streets and leading to the real scandal that a person is twice as likely to be mugged on our streets in London today as in New York. That is because...”
More of Boris Johnson's recent appearances
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- Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 195 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 44.57% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 110 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 115 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Column writer in The Daily Telegraph. (£245,001-£250,000)
Articles for GQ Magazine. (Up to £5,000)
Book publishing contract Harper Collins. (Up to £5,000)
Book contract from AP Watt publishers. (£30,001-£35,000) (Registered 11 July 2007)
Speaking engagements booked through JLA Agency:
20 June 2007, Association of Tobacco. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 11 July 2007)
17 July 2007, The Communications Network, Claridges Hotel. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 13 August 2007)
27 September 2007, Orange, Claridges Hotel. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 9 October 2007)
5 November 2007, SCQuaRE International, London. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 6 November 2007)
14 November 2007, Lonestar Limited, Battersea Park Events Arena. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 22 November 2007)
20 November 2007, Parliament Communications Limited, PIMS Conference 2007. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 22 November 2007)
17 May 2007, speaking engagement for 'Northern Entrepreneurs Dinner' at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead Hotel. (£10,001-£15,000) (Registered 14 June 2007)
Fee from Wall to Wall Media Limited for contribution to television programme. (£20,001-£25,000) (Registered 20 August 2007)
Fee from Tiger Aspect Productions for appearance on 'Dame Edna' television programme, 22 June 2007. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 4 September 2007)
Fee from Finland Station for filming television series 'The Flame of Rome'. (Registered 28 January 2008)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Donation from Buster Burke Limited, Solihull, West Midlands, to fund a researcher in my parliamentary office from September 2006-October 2007. (Registered 25 January 2008)
6. Overseas visits
1-4 November 2004, to Israel, paid for by the Conservative Friends of Israel and the Government of Israel. (Registered 14 March 2008)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Finland Station Ltd; film production company. (From 7 April 2006-21 March 2007 the company was called Black Rock Productions Ltd.)
Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. 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).
| 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 | £0 | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,326 | £20,780 (joint 243rd with 1 other) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £14,934 (523rd) | £10,614 (554th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £4,659 (637th) | £14,319 (485th) | £28,440 (joint 32nd with 1 other) | £19,786 | £17,379 (391st) | £18,767 (joint 287th with 1 other) | £15,866 (521st) | £9,609 (532nd) |
| Staffing costs | £21,220 (645th) | £94,240 (joint 71st with 1 other) | £76,770 (528th) | £84,294 | £73,709 (202nd) | £71,613 (139th) | £68,521 (138th) | £60,519 (20th) |
| Communications Allowance | £180 (595th) | £5,514 (joint 437th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £1,339 (605th)2 | £3,029 (555th)3 | £1,196 | £1,696 (625th) | £1,594 (625th) | £1,546 (625th) | £1,378 (616th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £26 (joint 426th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £42 (joint 449th with 1 other) | £35 (joint 447th with 1 other) |
| 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 | £4 (644th) | £513 (482nd) | £850 (joint 339th with 1 other) | £959 | £847 (340th) | £885 (joint 307th with 2 others) | £1,401 (183rd) | £909 (joint 367th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,057 (557th) | £2,240 (376th) | £3,293 | £3,922 (194th) | £2,213 (365th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,222 (joint 290th with 3 others) | £841 (588th) | £0 | £1,968 (joint 134th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 127th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 126th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 121st with 10 others) | |
| Other Costs | £22,414 (2nd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £48,477 (646th) | £141,287 (398th) | £134,306 (393rd) | £128,854 | £120,301 (394th) | £117,373 (367th) | £104,278 (499th) | £85,032 (404th) |