• Conservative MP for Northampton South
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 4,419 votes. — 505th out of 635 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
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• Register of Members' Interests
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edm.ais.co.uk)

How Brian Binley voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very 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

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Business and Enterprise Committee (since 18 Apr 2008)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (since 15 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum/Immigration, Abortion, Driving Instructors, Midwives, Asylum Seekers

(based on written questions asked by Brian Binley and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Business: Grants (6 May 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many of the 3,000 business support schemes which the Government pledged in the 2006 Budget to reduce to 100 by 2010 have been closed down or amalgamated with other schemes.”

Violent Crime Against Taxi Drivers (1 May 2008)

“May I say first how I much appreciated the words of the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Glasgow, South (Mr. Harris), who could not be here today? I thought that his apology was most courteous. May I say, too, how nice it is to see the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Stirling (Mrs. McGuire) sitting in his place? I am more than...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Renewable Electricity Generation (1 May 2008)

“The Secretary of State will know that planning applications for wind turbines on industrial estates are beginning to show themselves. I know of one for a 147 m tower on an area containing 161 businesses and covering 8,000 sq ft. Clearly there must be some limit on the number of wind turbines on industrial estates —[Interruption.] Clearly there must be some limit. What is that limit? How...”

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• Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 comments on this MP's speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 106 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Brian Binley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 77 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £1,824 (439th). Rail £162 (531st). European £696 (68th).