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Christopher Leslie
Labour MP for Nottingham East

  • Also represented Shipley
  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Christopher Leslie voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
  • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Treasury, Communities and Local Government, Business, Innovation and Skills, Education, Health

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Northern Rock, Child Benefit, Public Expenditure, Local Government Finance, Post Offices

(based on written questions asked by Christopher Leslie and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Economic Growth (15 May 2013)

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Andy Sawford) and my many other hon. Friends for their consistently strong arguments about the shortcomings of the Gracious Speech. It is a Queen’s Speech that lacks vision, substance and coherence. It lacks any answers to the big challenges that Britain faces. As such, it is entirely typical of this pitiful excuse for a Government. It is as...”

Economic Growth (15 May 2013)

“The Prime Minister said yesterday, “No more concessions; that is the line in the sand; this is as far as they will go”, It is amazing to think, though, that he has to keep feeding the beast. The problem is that Conservative Members are carrying on a bit like the strange man in the corner of that country pub endlessly moaning about the dreadful threat of outsiders and incomers; I...”

Economic Growth (15 May 2013)

“Not for another year.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 69 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 77.96% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 20 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.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 877 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
At the September 2012 Labour Party conference I spoke at two fringe meetings for the New Statesman and was given hotel accommodation for two nights, value £296. Address: New Statesman, 7th floor, John Carpenter House, 7 Carmelite St, London EC4Y 0AN. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 3 October 2012)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Pricewaterhouse Coopers
(b) Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London WC1N 6RM
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the services of a Technical Support Analyst to support me in my role as Shadow Treasury Minister during the passage of the Finance Bill 2013 committee stage, for one day per week between 18 March and 18 June 2013; value £18,144
(b) Date of receipt: 18 March 2013
(b) Date of acceptance: 18 March 2013
(b) (Registered 2 April 2013)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Address of donor : National Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: one ticket to the Aegon Tennis Championships and hospitality; total value £885
Date of receipt of donation: 14 June 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 14 June 2012
Donor status: company, registration 07459469
(Registered 10 July 2012)
Name of donor: Lawn Tennis Association
Address of donor : National Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: one ticket and hospitality at the ATP World Tennis Finals; value £190.80
Date of receipt of donation: 7 November 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 7 November 2012
Donor status: company, registration 07459469
(Registered 19 November 2012)
8. Land and Property
Terraced house in Shipley, West Yorkshire.
11. Miscellaneous
From Thursday 29 to Friday 30 November I was part of a delegation which met municipal banking officials in Germany. The Deutscher Sparkassen (German Savings Banks Association), paid for my flights and hotel accommodation, with a total value of about £368. Address of fundcr: Charlottenstr. 47, 10117 Berlin. (Registered 12 December 2012)

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).

Type2008/092007/082006/072005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Staying away from main home      £664 £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) £18,590 (341st) £18,090 (423rd) £14,559 (joint 401st with 1 other)
London costs      £0 £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) £502 (114th)
Office running costs      £2,601 £19,283 (158th) £18,720 (joint 332nd with 2 others) £17,430 (453rd) £16,781 (275th)
Staffing costs      £15,390 £62,499 (583rd) £61,514 (573rd) £63,547 (367th) £45,568 (339th)
Communications AllowanceN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel      £1,182 £14,560 (154th) £11,754 (259th) £11,451 (264th) £10,723 (182nd)
Members' Staff Travel      £0 £898 (200th) £428 (286th) £205 (379th) £0
Members' Spouse TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery      £25 £554 (477th) £1,455 (134th) £879 (388th) £1,025 (319th)
Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £0 £602 (620th) £2,310 (356th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment      £0 £1,984 (joint 97th with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 91st with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 90th with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 88th with 4 others)
Other Costs      £31,057 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total      £50,919 £122,900 (335th) £118,329 (347th) £115,113 (276th) £91,142 (260th)