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Christopher Huhne
Former Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Left Parliament on 5 February 2013 — Resigned
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Christopher Huhne voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
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 their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Health Services (5 Feb 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of out-of-hours NHS services run by private companies and run directly by NHS organisations.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Car Tax (4 Feb 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate how many foreign vehicles that have been in the country for more than six months are not registered for UK road tax.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Car Tax (4 Feb 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he plans to take to ensure that foreign vehicles pay road tax after being in the UK for more than six months.”
More of Christopher Huhne's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 30 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68.05% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
- 159 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 495 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 4 Feb 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 | £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)1 | £10,184 (215th)2 | £6,365 (376th)3 | £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 (336th) | £139,185 (418th) | £138,831 (303rd) | £116,919 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,550 (314th). Rail £5,136 (180th). Misc £5 (250th). Other: Rail £574 (36th). European £396 (107th).
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 Car £3,124 (306th). Rail £2,715 (279th). Air £526 (149th).