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Charles Walker
Conservative MP for Broxbourne
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Charles Walker voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against a smoking ban. 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 strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Home Department, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers, Departmental Data Protection, Departmental Manpower, Mozambique, Departmental Consultants
(based on written questions asked by Charles Walker and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (0 out of 17)
- Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Education Bill Committee (12 out of 22)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (1 out of 12)
- Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (2 out of 5)
- Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Education and Skills Bill Committee (17 out of 20)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Foreign Nationals: Commonwealth (17 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many Commonwealth citizens, who are not UK passport holders, reside in each of the country's 650 parliamentary constituencies; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many Commonwealth citizens who are not UK passport holders reside in the UK.”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“This is not the most important thing to come before the House in this Parliament, or even this year, but it is a really good thing. I am delighted that the most celebrated friend in my household, loved by me, my wife and my three children, will have the chance, if he wants, to marry the man he loves. I did not come into politics to be defined by what I am against; I want to be defined by what...”
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
“Mr Andrew Miller, please feel free to have three and a half minutes, not two.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 28 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- 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 78.10% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 29 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 231 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 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 | £0 | £10,358 (553rd) | £22,035 (246th) | £21,430 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £9,541 (586th) | £8,970 (605th) | £21,521 (209th) | £24,442 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £102,289 (101st) | £90,670 (171st) | £85,822 (264th) | £73,153 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £6,076 (440th) | £5,985 (416th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,257 (532nd)1 | £2,424 (575th)2 | £1,100 (615th)3 | £1,998 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £17 (429th) | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £256 (279th) | 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 | £1,162 (601st) | £903 (joint 261st with 1 other) | £787 (joint 370th with 2 others) | £772 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,404 (311th) | £2,080 (403rd) | £2,309 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,146 (joint 423rd with 1 other) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £122,326 (585th) | £123,133 (580th) | £134,427 (386th) | £125,186 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,204 (470th). Rail £2,016 (349th). Misc £37 (212th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,104 (509th). Rail £1,010 (437th). Misc £296 (101st). Other: Rail £14 (191st).