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Cheryl Gillan
Conservative MP for Chesham and Amersham

• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Cheryl Gillan voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
• Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Transport, Health, Justice, Wales

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prisons, High Speed 2 Railway Line, National Offender Management Service, Probation Service, Prisoners

(based on written questions asked by Cheryl Gillan and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Autism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (20 out of 23)
• Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Police Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Animal Health Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Transport: High Speed 2 Railway Line (16 May 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer of 11 March 2013, Official Report, column 20W, on high speed 2 railway line, when he plans to publish the draft environmental statement.”

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: High Speed 2 Railway Line (16 May 2013)

“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish the full Major Projects Authority report into High Speed 2 which carries a red/amber classification.”

Written Answers — Transport: High Speed 2 Railway Line (14 May 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when his Department intends to publish and introduce the High Speed 2 Preparation Bill as announced in the Queen's Speech of 8 May 2013.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 147 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 67.27% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 598 times in debates — above 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.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,520 (221st). Rail £1,077 (446th). Other: Mileage £864 (9th). Rail £2,267 (4th).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,384 (265th). Rail £81 (562nd). Other: Mileage £416 (16th). Rail £4,305 (2nd).

³ Car £3,538 (274th). Rail £2,518 (294th). Air £301 (187th).