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Adam Afriyie
Conservative MP for Windsor
- Shadow Minister (Innovation and Science), Business (since 27 Jul 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 10,292 votes. — 213th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Adam Afriyie voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against 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
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Innovation, Universities and Skills, Transport, Home Department, Treasury, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Single Farm Payments, Trading Funds, Heathrow Airport, Railways, Departmental Correspondence
(based on written questions asked by Adam Afriyie and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Higher Education (3 Nov 2009)
“The Minister has verbally painted a beautiful picture of the future of further and higher education through a wish list of what he wants for the future, but without offering an explanation as to how it might be achieved. I hope that that is in the documents, but he certainly has not explained it today. The only thing that was missing was motherhood and apple pie. My question is this: does he...”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts: Finance (3 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1433W, on public bodies: finance, what the return profit from the portfolio of investments in companies and loans held by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, known as NESTA Investments, was in each year since 1998.”
More of Adam Afriyie's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 62 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 73% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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") 87 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £17,297 (381st) | £19,447 (406th) | £17,501 | ||||
| Staffing Allowance | £83,261 (joint 461st) | £72,026 (582nd) | £48,858 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £534 (joint 468th) | £606 (466th) | £506 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,270 (331st) | £1,945 (422nd) | £600 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,290 (joint 203rd) | £860 (585th) | £860 | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £104,652 (629th) | £94,884 (638th) | £68,325 |