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Ms Candy Atherton

Former Labour MP for Falmouth & 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:

  • Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on their full record

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 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation. (From Public Whip)
  • 1 person is tracking whenever this MP speaks.

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source).

Type2007/082006/072005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance    £654 £18,059 (394th) £19,542 (291st) £19,670 (288th) £13,879 (450th)
London Supplement    £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision    £4,314 £18,860 (266th) £18,799 (joint 13th) £18,234 (joint 1st) £16,279 (293rd)
Staffing Allowance    £17,002 £81,227 (36th) £66,793 (384th) £65,545 (246th) £59,488 (22nd)
Communications AllowanceN/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 TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family TravelN/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)
Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £0 £7,016 (77th) £7,046 (55th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment    £0 £1,954 (joint 180th) £1,954 (joint 175th) £1,954 (joint 173rd) £1,954 (joint 165th)
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)