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Brian Binley
Conservative MP for Northampton South
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Brian Binley voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. 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 moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. 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 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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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Treasury, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Energy and Climate Change
- 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)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (11 out of 18)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 15)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“The shadow Chancellor is telling us something illuminating—that if a Chancellor does not want to listen, no system will have any impact at all. Under the last Government, siren voices started in 2002, and the then Chancellor refused to listen. We had a systemic deficit problem, and again he did not want to listen. The shadow Chancellor has been through all this, so would he advise the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 34 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 75.92% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 16 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 203 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.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £75 received on 18 March 2011from Populus for participation in research project in February 2011. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 28 March 2011)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Japan Tobacco International
Address of donor : Members Hill, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Guests of JTI at the Chelsea Flower Show. Total value of two tickets: £1,132.80
Date of receipt of donation: 24 May 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 20 Feb 2011
Donor status: company, registration number 01501573
(Registered 18 July 2011)
Name of donor: Japan Tobacco International
Address of donor : Members Hill, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets at Glyndebourne; total value £1,132.80
Date of receipt of donation: 26 May 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 20 May 2011
Donor status: company, registration number 01501573
(Registered 18 July 2011)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) BCC.Marketing Services Ltd.
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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 | £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).