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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 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): Information Technology, Departmental Legislation, Departmental Security, Departments: Air Conditioning, Departmental Dismissal
(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
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
“I am sympathetic to the right hon. Gentleman's case for the importance of bonuses in leading to potentially excessive risk taking, but I wonder whether he thinks it necessary to go as far as having new legislation, because the Financial Services Authority already has the power to increase capital requirements for financial institutions that, in its view, are taking extra risks. It could...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
“To reinforce the right hon. Gentleman's excellent point about Glass-Steagall, does he agree with me that the Canadian example offers no obvious illustration of how such a measure would fail, given that the Canadian banks have never been known for their investment banking activity and are, in effect, universal retail banks?”
- Coroners and Justice Bill: Schedule 1 — Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations (12 Nov 2009)
“It would be useful if the Lord Chancellor put on record what I understood him to say earlier from a sedentary position—that the Lord Chief Justice could go on exercising that veto, should he so desire.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 485 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 72% 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") 235 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 11 Nov 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £3,970 (580th) | £9,759 (562nd) | £4,909 | ||||
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £20,641 (206th) | £23,333 (joint 143rd) | £28,229 | ||||
| Staffing Allowance | £90,637 (174th) | £84,252 (324th) | £75,520 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £9,957 (151st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,184 (215th)* | £6,365 (376th)** | £3,460 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £152 (347th) | £250 (joint 303rd) | £126 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | 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 | £971 (235th) | £3,413 (38th) | £1,146 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,570 (joint 451st) | £10,437 (31st) | £2,507 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,103 (joint 492nd) | £1,022 (joint 378th) | £1,022 | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £139,185 (418th) | £138,831 (303rd) | £116,919 |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,530 (337th). Rail £5,995 (153rd). Other: Rail £602 (33rd). Air £309 (20th). European £748 (77th).
** Car £3,124 (306th). Rail £2,715 (279th). Air £526 (149th).