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Richard Benyon

Conservative MP for Newbury

• - Shadow Minister, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since 8 Sep 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 3,460 votes. — 530th 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 Richard Benyon voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. 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.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Defence, Health

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Whales: Conservation, Fisheries: Quotas, Defence: Exports, War Pensions Committee, Schools: Procurement

(based on written questions asked by Richard Benyon and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Planning Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Thames Valley Police (3 Nov 2009)

“The chief constable wrote to Mr. Fidler only when I wrote to her. Does the Minister not agree that it is a strange way of doing things to tell the contract manager to terminate the contract, not giving any reason why and not giving any reason to the MP concerned until I contacted her and she approached Mr. Fidler?”

Thames Valley Police (3 Nov 2009)

“I am grateful to the Minister for responding to the debate, and I understand the limitations on him and the Home Office. I should like to put on the record again that I have a very good working relationship with the chief constable; I hope that good relationship continues after today. However, the purpose of MPs, every now and again, is to stand up for people whom we feel have been...”

Thames Valley Police (3 Nov 2009)

“It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Sheridan. I secured this debate to represent the views of my constituent, Paul Fidler, and the employees of his company, Wessex Recovery Ltd. I believe strongly that they have been the victims of a miscarriage of justice. Wessex Recovery Ltd is owned entirely by Mr. Fidler. It was formed in 1991 and since 1993 has had a contract...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 60 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 66% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 139 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Richard Benyon speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 109 times in debates — 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £824 (537th). Rail £1,143 (415th). Misc £125 (146th).

^** Car £1,412 (495th). Rail £502 (474th).