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Crispin Blunt
Conservative MP for Reigate
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Crispin Blunt voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (21 out of 22)
- Health Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of 4)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (15 Apr 2013)
“One of the reasons the previous Government were able to run up a £38 billion gap between their budget and their forecast expenditure was the doing away with the annual defence review White Papers in 1997. What measures does my right hon. Friend have in place to make sure that the forthcoming defence budget stays honest in the light of his decade-long promise on defence expenditure?”
- Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Young People (26 Mar 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what system is in place to monitor the (a) results and (b) effectiveness of (i) units set up to care for young people diagnosed with eating disorders and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and (ii) other psychiatric and psychological services sponsored by his Department.”
- Written Answers — Health: Human Papillomavirus (26 Mar 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of a possible link between the rise in cases of Chlamydia but not in other sexually transmitted infections in the 15 to 19 male and female age group and the introduction of the HPV vaccine.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 24 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 77.45% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 625 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
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)1 | £3,070 (548th)2 | £4,026 (519th)3 | £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 (355th) | £140,663 (409th) | £137,071 (338th) | £126,940 | £122,177 (358th) | £113,625 (452nd) | £119,380 (180th) | £88,766 (327th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,456 (320th). Rail £427 (510th). Misc £15 (239th). Other: Rail £17 (159th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,446 (349th). Rail £613 (481st). Misc £11 (249th).