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Chris Grayling
Conservative MP for Epsom & Ewell
- Shadow Home Secretary, Home Affairs (since 19 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 16,447 votes. — 90th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Chris Grayling voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
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: Health, Transport, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railtrack, Railways, Smoking, Network Rail, London Underground
(based on written questions asked by Chris Grayling and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
- Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Education Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Drugs: Crime (2 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the average street price of (a) cannabis, (b) ecstasy, (c) gamma hydroxybutyrate and (d) ketamine in each of the last 10 years.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Serious Organised Crime Agency (1 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were recruited by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: DNA: Databases (30 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions a person has been arrested but not charged with an offence following their being suspected of a crime as the result of the use of the national DNA database.”
More of Chris Grayling's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 416 written questions in the last year — well 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 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 53% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below 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.
- 84 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Chris Grayling speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 468 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 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.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £15,332 (491st) | £19,618 (402nd) | £20,616 | £12,738 (533rd) | £14,051 (491st) | £19,151 (355th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £22,143 (109th) | £27,835 (45th) | £27,894 | £19,287 (joint 154th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £18,661 (214th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £89,699 (244th) | £79,507 (460th) | £76,187 | £77,356 (95th) | £75,164 (7th) | £65,581 (237th) | £55,388 (65th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,439 (237th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,700 (233rd)* | £10,116 (210th)** | £5,988 | £9,504 (350th) | £5,000 (524th) | £4,930 (532nd) | £4,230 (503rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £180 (joint 331st) | £180 (333rd) | £0 | £121 (411th) | £113 (414th) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £225 (288th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £927 (249th) | £732 (joint 403rd) | £1,032 | £902 (joint 326th) | £801 (357th) | £1,107 (287th) | £1,230 (251st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,220 (533rd) | £2,938 (295th) | £3,613 | £2,877 (joint 283rd) | £3,890 (173rd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,163 (joint 391st) | £1,071 (joint 298th) | £148 | £1,903 (joint 295th) | £1,903 (joint 291st) | £1,903 (joint 287th) | £1,903 (joint 269th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9,049 (14th) | £0 |
| Total | £150,028 (267th) | £141,997 (241st) | £135,478 | £124,688 (293rd) | £119,721 (324th) | £119,955 (173rd) | £99,421 (100th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,499 (461st). Rail £2,216 (339th). Misc £469 (70th). Other: Mileage £1,209 (2nd). Rail £4,307 (1st).
** Car £2,805 (339th). Rail £6,704 (99th). Air £607 (140th).