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Brian Binley
Conservative MP for Northampton South

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Brian Binley voted on key issues:

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

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Home Department, Treasury, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Transport

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

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

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Opposition Day — [17th( )Allotted Day] — Horsemeat: Infrastructure (12 Feb 2013)

    “The Opposition are trying to eradicate history before 2010. Will the Financial Secretary estimate what the level of their capital revenue spending would have been this year, on the basis of the mess they left us in?”

    Opposition Day — [17th( )Allotted Day] — Horsemeat: Infrastructure (12 Feb 2013)

    “I thank the hon. Lady for giving way, and I wish her well with her impending delivery. What figure would she place on the capital expenditure budget for this year, if there were a Labour Government at this time?”

    Housing Market Reform: Europe (30 Jan 2013)

    “I welcome this debate, allowing us to reflect on the Prime Minister’s speech of last week. I also welcome not only what he said, but the considered and direct way in which he said it. He is to be congratulated on his straight and direct approach. Politicians must be clear; they are the architects of their own downfall when they are not. Whatever people’s view of the content of...”

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    • Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — 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 67.78% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
    • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
    • 117 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Brian Binley’s activity.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 226 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    1. Remunerated directorships
    Chairman (non-executive), BCC Marketing Services Ltd, Belgrade Business Centre, Denington Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 2QH; a database building and information gathering telemarketing service company which I founded in 1989. I receive a payment of £32,000 per annum, paid monthly. I chair a monthly board meeting and have regular telephone contact with the managing director. Hours worked, approximately 5 hours per month.
    9. Registrable shareholdings
    (a) BCC Marketing Services Ltd.

    Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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£21,100 (247th) £21,700 (joint 302nd with 1 other) £21,200 (334th) £11,131        
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Office running costs£19,120 (264th) £13,809 (497th) £28,362 (35th) £23,307        
    Staffing costs£85,646 (512th) £82,725 (476th) £77,386 (514th) £46,058        
    Communications Allowance£11,006 (130th) £15,332 (20th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£4,458 (477th)1 £5,689 (422nd)2 £2,682 (568th)3 £3,935        
    Members' Staff Travel£54 (joint 373rd with 1 other) £0 £0 £57        
    Members' Spouse Travel£78 (joint 312th with 3 others) £112 (320th) 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£2,638 (425th) £894 (267th) £595 (480th) £934        
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,808 (411th) £2,078 (404th) £2,073 N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,037 (joint 551st with 2 others) £947 (489th) £635        
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Total£144,099 (393rd) £143,106 (378th) £133,250 (414th) £88,130        

    1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,740 (376th). Other: Rail £68 (123rd). European £2,650 (8th).

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £782 (539th). Rail £1,113 (422nd). Other: Rail £62 (141st). European £3,732 (2nd).

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