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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Crispin Blunt voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very 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 very 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

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Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Finance & Services Committee (since 20 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Trade and Industry, Health, Home Department, Defence

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Middle East, Saville Inquiry, Agenda for Change, Govan Shipyard, Women Prisoners

(based on written questions asked by Crispin Blunt and answered by departments)

RSS feed Most recent appearances in parliament

Points of Order: Topical Debate — Middle East (1 May 2008)

“I am immensely grateful to my hon. Friend for the way in which he is presenting the positive case for Saudi Arabia. I hope that he will get across the message that we will never again expect British citizens to be treated in the way that Sandy Mitchell and William Sampson, a Canadian-British citizen, were from 2001 to 2002. I hope that my hon. Friend can get that message across, because if we...”

Points of Order: Topical Debate — Middle East (1 May 2008)

“I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for High Peak (Tom Levitt), and I commend his and his colleagues' initiative in visiting Gaza. I have also done so in the past year. The situation there is one of despair, with all the consequences that come from 1.5 million people living in terrible circumstances. Let me return to that issue later. This is a topical debate on the middle east, but the...”

Points of Order: Topical Debate — Middle East (1 May 2008)

“Like my hon. Friend, I was at the forum. Was he, like me, impressed by the comments of Mr. Ben-Meir, the lecturer from New York university, who said that the Arab peace plan was of immense importance—indeed, was central—to achieving a solution, but that it needed to be accompanied by soft diplomacy? I think that that was my hon. Friend's point. That is why the policy of the Arab...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 23 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 69% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 3 comments on this MP's speeches — below average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 65 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Crispin Blunt speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 220 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

1. Remunerated directorships
Connaught Search Solutions Ltd; an executive search company.
6. Overseas visits
22-26 April 2007, to Iran, to engage in dialogue with Iranian Parliamentarians and others on current affairs in Iran. Travel and subsistence expenses were met by the Conservative Middle East Council. (Registered 9 May 2007)
10-22 September 2007, to Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Jordan and Syria with the Conservative Middle East Council, to make visits, receive briefings on the region and meet Government ministers, parliamentarians and others. Flight from London to Tel Aviv and flight from Damascus to London and accommodation and travel within Israel and Palestine funded by the Conservative Middle East Council; travel and accommodation costs within Jordan and Syria paid for by the Governments of Jordan and Syria respectively. (Registered 15 October 2007)
3-7 November 2007, to Cairo, Egypt, as Co-Chairman of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding, to attend the 9th Party Congress of the National Democratic Party of Egypt. Return flight London to Cairo and accommodation paid for by National Democratic Party. (Registered 12 November 2007)
29 November-2 December 2007, to Madrid to attend conference of Le Cercle, a foreign policy think-tank, with flight and accommodation expenses paid by the conference organisers. (Registered 16 December 2007)
19-24 February 2008, to Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Kabul, Afghanistan, as Chairman of the Conservative Middle East Council. Flights, taxis and one night's accommodation expenses paid for by the Conservative Middle East Council. (Registered 20 March 2008)
13-16 April 2008, to Qatar, to attend the 8th Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade. Return flight, food and accommodation provided by the Government of Qatar. (Registered 17 April 2008)
10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

Type2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£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
Incidental Expenses Provision£20,157 (352nd)£14,310£15,906 (453rd)£14,534 (576th)£18,036 (359th)£8,163 (567th)
Staffing Allowance£87,363 (151st)£81,972£76,425 (113th)£71,773 (joint 85th)£69,212 (joint 77th)£58,126 (29th)
Members' Travel£4,026 (519th)*£3,844£4,534 (551st)£3,444 (576th)£9,363 (355th)£5,061 (464th)
Members' Staff Travel£11 (joint 434th)£109£0£18 (472nd)£0£0
Centrally Purchased Stationery£376 (joint 581st)£1,447£825 (joint 349th)£1,259 (164th)£1,126 (277th)£731 (joint 436th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,895 (431st)£2,680£1,664 (464th)£3,184 (242nd)N/AN/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£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
Total£137,071 (338th)£126,940£122,177 (358th)£113,625 (452nd)£119,380 (180th)£88,766 (327th)

* Car £2,977 (324th). Rail £1,049 (416th).