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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. — 172nd 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, Health, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Data Protection, Departmental Lost Property, Departmental Manpower, Middle East, Saville Inquiry
(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)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (8 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)
- 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)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (12 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Stop-and-Search Powers (8 Feb 2010)
“As the Minister knows, the amendment concerned was a probing amendment to encourage debate on the matter. As he also well knows, the stop-and-search powers under section 44 have been falling into disrepute, given that 180,000 searches took place in 2008 under those powers. The Government's failure to act has meant that Liberty and the judges are now acting for them. Uncertainty about what...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Strategic Defence Review (Green Paper) (3 Feb 2010) has video
“Until 1997, there was an annual defence White Paper, which was, to a significant degree, the public presentation of the product of the long-term costings exercise inside the Department, which reconciled the defence programme 10 years out. The absence of that process or of any replacement for it means that the forward defence programme is now bearing all the risk. That was enumerated by Mr....”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (3 Feb 2010) has video
“All those involved in the 1998 defence review know that the Prime Minister's only interest was to get a £1 billion cut from the Conservative expenditure plans, which was reduced to £500 million a year only by the intervention of the Chief of the Defence Staff. Why is it that the Prime Minister is inviting us to believe that all the distinguished servicemen and civil servants who...”
More of Crispin Blunt's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 85 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 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — 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.
- 74 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Crispin Blunt speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 438 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 (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 | £23,977 (63rd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,109 (joint 185th with 2 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £17,492 (394th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,764 (382nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £13,380 (489th) | £19,347 (271st) | £20,157 (352nd) | £14,310 | £15,906 (453rd) | £14,534 (576th) | £18,036 (359th) | £8,163 (567th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,829 (107th) | £90,703 (170th) | £87,363 (151st) | £81,972 | £76,425 (113th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £58,126 (29th) |
| Communications Allowance | £1,473 (560th) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,915 (547th)3 | £3,070 (548th)2 | £4,026 (519th)1 | £3,844 | £4,534 (551st) | £3,444 (576th) | £9,363 (355th) | £5,061 (464th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £217 (271st) | £32 (421st) | £11 (joint 434th with 1 other) | £109 | £0 | £18 (472nd) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £12 (340th) | £21 (356th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £119 (73rd) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,667 (305th) | £670 (joint 376th with 1 other) | £376 (joint 581st with 1 other) | £1,447 | £825 (joint 349th with 1 other) | £1,259 (164th) | £1,126 (277th) | £731 (joint 436th with 2 others) |
| 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 with 1 other) | £1,921 (joint 262nd with 1 other) | £1,921 (joint 256th with 2 others) | £1,921 (joint 242nd with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £147,587 (354th) | £140,663 (409th) | £137,071 (338th) | £126,940 | £122,177 (358th) | £113,625 (452nd) | £119,380 (180th) | £88,766 (327th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,446 (349th). Rail £613 (481st). Misc £11 (249th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,456 (320th). Rail £427 (510th). Misc £15 (239th). Other: Rail £17 (159th).