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Crispin Blunt
Conservative MP for Reigate
- Shadow Minister (Counter-Terrorism), Home Affairs (since 27 Jul 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 10,988 votes. — 171st 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 Crispin Blunt voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Health, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Data Protection, Departmental Lost Property, Middle East, Saville Inquiry, Agenda for Change
(based on written questions asked by Crispin Blunt and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Health Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: NATO: Cybercrime (10 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration his Department has given to extending the definition of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty to include cyber attacks; and if he will make a statement.”
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Dissident Republicans (4 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the level of activity of dissident Republicans in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.”
- Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video
“That is why the cuts to Army cadet training are so appalling, too. Those cuts need to be restored at the same time as this problem is addressed.”
More of Crispin Blunt's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 66 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 66% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 75 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Crispin Blunt speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 436 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
Connaught Search Solutions Ltd, 14-15 Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EX; an executive search company. I have an annual commitment of 96 hours work for the company, averaging 8 hours or one working day a month.
31 July 2009, received payment of £1,000 gross (£590 net) in respect of my duties as non-executive director. (Registered 24 August 2009)
Received payment of £1,000 gross (£600 net) for August 2009. (Registered 30 September 2009)
30 September 2009, received £2000 gross (£1187.15 net) . Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 30 October 2009)
6. Overseas visits
9-18 September 2008, to Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon, to engage in dialogue with Israeli and Lebanese Parliamentarians and others on the situation in the region. Flights to and from London, accommodation and travel funded by the Conservative Middle East Council. (Registered 22 October 2008)
Name of donor:
(1) Conservative Middle East Council
Address of donor:
(1) 83 Victoria Street, London SW1A 0HW.
(2) Cairo, Egypt
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
(1) Flight for my wife and me (£1000)
(2) Accommodation, food and travel for my wife and me (£2200)
Destination of visit: Cairo
Date of visit: 27 September to 2 October 2009
Purpose of visit: officially sponsored visit to meet with parliamentarians and Ministers
(Registered 20 October 2009)
10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Director of CAABU (The Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding Ltd.) (appointed 25 November 2004) .
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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,109 (joint 185th) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £17,492 (394th) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £14,764 (382nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £19,347 (271st) | £20,157 (352nd) | £14,310 | £15,906 (453rd) | £14,534 (576th) | £18,036 (359th) | £8,163 (567th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £90,703 (170th) | £87,363 (151st) | £81,972 | £76,425 (113th) | £71,773 (joint 85th) | £69,212 (joint 77th) | £58,126 (29th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,070 (548th)* | £4,026 (519th)** | £3,844 | £4,534 (551st) | £3,444 (576th) | £9,363 (355th) | £5,061 (464th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £32 (421st) | £11 (joint 434th) | £109 | £0 | £18 (472nd) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £21 (356th) | 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 | £670 (joint 376th) | £376 (joint 581st) | £1,447 | £825 (joint 349th) | £1,259 (164th) | £1,126 (277th) | £731 (joint 436th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,434 (308th) | £1,895 (431st) | £2,680 | £1,664 (464th) | £3,184 (242nd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,303 (180th) | £1,134 (195th) | £944 | £1,921 (joint 266th) | £1,921 (joint 262nd) | £1,921 (joint 256th) | £1,921 (joint 242nd) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £140,663 (409th) | £137,071 (338th) | £126,940 | £122,177 (358th) | £113,625 (452nd) | £119,380 (180th) | £88,766 (327th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,446 (349th). Rail £613 (481st). Misc £11 (249th).