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Christopher Huhne
Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh
- Shadow Home Secretary (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 568 votes. — 618th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Christopher Huhne voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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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: Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Justice, Treasury, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Legislation, Information Technology, Departmental Security, Departments: Air Conditioning, Offenders
(based on written questions asked by Christopher Huhne and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Criminal Offences (Repeal) (8 Feb 2010)
“Everybody is in favour of updating and modernising the law, but in answer to our parliamentary questions, we learn that the sheer number of new offences under this Government since 1997 is now more than 4,200, which is frankly staggering. Up to 2008, we were churning out 27 new offences a month; under this Prime Minister, the figure has now gone up to 33. Many merely replicate perfectly...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Criminal Offences (Repeal) (8 Feb 2010)
“The Minister really should not be making partisan points when, frankly, the degree of new legislation is plunging police officers, magistrates and other others who are forced to deal with it into considerable confusion. The Home Secretary and the Minister may know of a useful precedent in another common law country of Canada, where they have simplified the criminal law with a penal code. Does...”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unsuccessful asylum seekers have given birth in the UK while awaiting immigration determination in each of the last five years; and of these how many have (a) applied for section 4 hard case support and (b) applied for section 4 support after the deadline of six weeks after birth and were subsequently refused payment.”
More of Christopher Huhne's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 490 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 247 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | £4,080 (569th) | £3,970 (580th) | £9,759 (562nd) | £4,909 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £21,201 (163rd) | £20,641 (206th) | £23,333 (joint 143rd with 1 other) | £28,229 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £100,296 (155th) | £90,637 (174th) | £84,252 (324th) | £75,520 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,510 (153rd) | £9,957 (151st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,661 (257th)3 | £10,184 (215th)2 | £6,365 (376th)1 | £3,460 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £52 (joint 377th with 1 other) | £152 (347th) | £250 (joint 303rd with 2 others) | £126 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £4,099 (253rd) | £971 (235th) | £3,413 (38th) | £1,146 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,570 (joint 451st with 1 other) | £10,437 (31st) | £2,507 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,103 (joint 492nd with 1 other) | £1,022 (joint 378th with 3 others) | £1,022 | |||||
| Other Costs | £240 (92nd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £149,139 (335th) | £139,185 (418th) | £138,831 (303rd) | £116,919 |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,530 (337th). Rail £5,995 (153rd). Other: Rail £602 (33rd). Air £309 (20th). European £748 (77th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,550 (314th). Rail £5,136 (180th). Misc £5 (250th). Other: Rail £574 (36th). European £396 (107th).
1 Car £3,124 (306th). Rail £2,715 (279th). Air £526 (149th).