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Christopher Leslie
Labour MP for Nottingham East

• Also represented Shipley

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
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• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Christopher Leslie voted on key issues since 2001:

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

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

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)

• FINANCE BILL Committee (14 out of 14)
• Financial Services (Banking Reform)Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Public Service Pensions Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
• Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Financial Services Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Inquiries Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
• Local Government Bill Committee (8 out of 14)
• Courts Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Civil Defence (Grant) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Treasury: Royal Bank of Scotland (19 Jun 2013)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he or his officials first discussed with Sir Philip Hampton the desire for a target sale date for some or all of the Government's shareholding in the Royal Bank of Scotland by the end of 2014.”

Written Answers — Treasury: Royal Bank of Scotland (19 Jun 2013)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the decision to change the Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland was independently determined without consultation with him or his officials; (2) on what date did he or officials or ministers of his Department first discussed the possibility of changing the Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) with (a) UK Financial...”

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 216 - Ordinary residence (18 Jun 2013)

“I might be able to save the Minister some time, because we have only one question: why will references to ordinary residence remain in some statutory instruments and other pieces of statute? If he addresses that point, we will be satisfied.”

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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 62 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 78.63% 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") 887 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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Expenses

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