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Ms Candy Atherton
Former Labour MP for Falmouth and Camborne
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — General election (stood again)
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ms Candy Atherton voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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More on their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fisheries (7 Apr 2005)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cetaceans have been reported stranded during the 2004–05 season of the pair trawl sea bass fishery.”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fisheries (5 Apr 2005)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dead harbour porpoises have been stranded on the coasts of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset in each of the past five years; and what the cause of these deaths was.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Kerrier Home Zone Project (23 Mar 2005)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the North Kerrier Home Zone project to be completed.”
More of Ms Candy Atherton's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 66.61% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- 1 person is tracking this MP.
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £654 | £18,059 (394th) | £19,542 (291st) | £19,670 (288th) | £13,879 (450th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £4,314 | £18,860 (266th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £16,279 (293rd) | |||
| Staffing costs | £17,002 | £81,227 (36th) | £66,793 (384th) | £65,545 (246th) | £59,488 (22nd) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £248 | £14,233 (169th) | £15,948 (116th) | £14,582 (155th) | £11,517 (152nd) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £1,264 (146th) | £1,639 (86th) | £1,115 (146th) | £1,309 (95th) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £15 | £1,858 (123rd) | £2,041 (62nd) | £1,750 (117th) | £1,885 (joint 88th with 1 other) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £7,016 (77th) | £7,046 (55th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,954 (joint 180th with 3 others) | £1,954 (joint 175th with 3 others) | £1,954 (joint 173rd with 3 others) | £1,954 (joint 165th with 2 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £30,590 | £0 | £2,115 (45th) | £993 (69th) | £0 | |||
| Total | £52,823 | £144,471 (47th) | £135,877 (60th) | £123,843 (88th) | £106,311 (33rd) |