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Brooks Newmark
Conservative MP for Braintree
- Government Whip, House of Commons (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Brooks Newmark voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. 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
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Treasury, Education and Skills, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Expenditure, A120, Motor Vehicles: Glass, Pensions, Post Offices: Information and Communications Technology
(based on written questions asked by Brooks Newmark and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Finance Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Banking Bill Committee (15 out of 17)
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (16 out of 21)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House: Parliamentary Representation (12 Jan 2012)
“Hear, hear!”
- Betting Shops: Business, innovation and skills (19 Jul 2011)
“I begin by thanking the Chief Whip for indulging me this one time by allowing me to speak. As the House is aware, in the Whips Office we take a vow of silence, so I am particularly pleased to be given this opportunity to respond to Members in the area of business, innovation and skills, and to thank everyone for their excellent contributions. I feel a little like Garbo in her first talkie,...”
- Amendment of the Law (30 Mar 2010) has video
“I first draw Members' attention to my ever-diminishing entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. I join others in paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Patrick Cormack), my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) and my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) for their services not just to our...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 84.82% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 150 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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.
| 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 | £22,000 (197th) | £20,000 (388th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,000 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £12,033 (532nd) | £8,618 (609th) | £18,333 (462nd) | £18,253 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £98,525 (216th) | £98,107 (35th) | £97,047 (10th) | £69,633 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £6,054 (442nd) | £7,402 (360th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,471 (526th)1 | £1,978 (587th)2 | £1,265 (607th)3 | £191 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £80 (389th) | £374 | ||||
| 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 | £3,272 (342nd) | £267 (601st) | £282 (612th) | £938 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £816 (587th) | £1,474 (508th) | £3,410 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,082 (506th) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £145,356 (380th) | £138,270 (429th) | £141,673 (247th) | £113,881 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,422 (322nd). Rail £1,049 (452nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £979 (525th). Rail £999 (438th).