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David Heathcoat-Amory
Conservative MP for Wells
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
- Majority: 3,040 votes. — 536th 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 David Heathcoat-Amory 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 moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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 moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, European Scrutiny Committee (since 3 Jun 2008)
- Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 20 Dec 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Trade and Industry, Home Department, Treasury, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Surplus Military Equipment, Brussels, European Constitution, EU Grants and Loans, Bovine TB
(based on written questions asked by David Heathcoat-Amory and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Light Pollution (18 Mar 2010)
“If he will review the guidance notes for the reduction of obtrusive light with a view to reducing light pollution from highway lighting.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Light Pollution (18 Mar 2010)
“Why does the Minister not take some responsibility for once, as this is an important issue? Is he aware that badly designed street and road lighting is the commonest form of reported light pollution, and it also wastes a lot of energy? The Government claim that they are interested in energy efficiency, so why does he not get a grip of this and do something for a change? This would be good for...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (18 Mar 2010)
“Will the roads Minister give a less dismissive reply to the legitimate point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Ann Winterton) about the proliferation of road works, speed restrictions and cones on motorways, which causes intense frustration to the travelling public purely for the convenience of the operators? He is getting a reputation for avoiding responsibility for real...”
More of David Heathcoat-Amory's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 52 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 30 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 64% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 23 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") 926 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
Lowman Manufacturing Co. Ltd., The Island, Lowman Green, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 4LA; agricultural machinery retail and investment company.
Received payment of £1,018. A board meeting, advice, consultation and business supervision, and connected travel. Hours: 6hrs. (Registered 28 July 2009)
Received payment of £1,018. A management meeting, advice, consultation and business supervision, and connected travel. Hours: 10 (Registered 23 September 2009)
Received payment of £1018 gross. A board meeting, advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 12 hrs. (23 October 2009)
Received payment of £1018 gross. Advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 7 hrs. (17 November 2009)
Received payment of £1018 gross. Advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 18 December 2009)
Received payment of £1018 gross. Advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 26 January 2010)
Received payment of £1018 gross. Advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 23 February 2010)
Chairman of LDT (London and Devonshire Trust Ltd, 20 Savile Row, London, W1S 3PR); property and hotel management and related businesses.
Received payment of £833, and car benefit to value of £496. A board meeting, management meetings, advice, consultation, business supervision, project and risk assessment as chairman, and connected travel. Hours: 12hrs. (Registered 28 July 2009)
Received payment of £833, and car benefit to value of £496. Management meetings, advice, consultation, business supervision, project and risk assessment as chairman, and connected travel. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 23 September 2009)
Received payment of £833 gross, and car benefit to value of £496. Management meetings, advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 15 hrs. (23 October 2009)
Received payment of £833 gross, and car benefit to value of £496. Management meetings, advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 8 hrs. (17 November 2009)
Received payment of £833 gross, and car benefit to value of £496. Management meetings, advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 18 December 2009)
Received payment of £833 gross, and car benefit to value of £496. Management meetings, advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 26 January 2010)
Received payment of £833 gross, and car benefit to value of £496. Management meetings, advice, consultation, business supervision and connected travel. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 23 February 2010)
I am an unremunerated director of two subsidiaries of LDT:
Dragon Hotel Ltd.
Devonshire Homes Ltd; housebuilding
Western Provident Association, Rivergate House, Blackbrook Park, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2PE (non-executive); not-for-profit health insurance company.
Received payment of £1,671.08 and health benefit to value of £86.17. A board meeting, audit and risk committee meeting, advice, consultation, and business supervision, and connected travel. Hours: 11hrs. (Registered 28 July 2009)
Received payment of £1,671.08 and health benefit to value of £86.17. Advice, consultation and business supervision, and associated correspondence. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 23 September 2009)
Received payment of £1671.08 gross and health benefit to value of £86.17. Advice, consultation, business supervision and associated correspondence. Hours: 8 hrs. (23 October 2009)
Received payment of £1671.08 gross and health benefit to value of £86.17. Advice, consultation, business supervision and associated correspondence. Hours: 9 hrs. (17 November 2009)
Received payment of £1671.08 gross and health benefit to value of £86.17. Advice, consultation, business supervision and associated correspondence. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 18 December 2009)
Received payment of £1671.08 gross and health benefit to value of £86.17. Advice, consultation, business supervision, audit committee, board responsibilities and associated correspondence. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 26 January 2010)
Received payment of £1671.08 gross and health benefit to value of £77.08. Advice, consultation, business supervision, audit committee, board responsibilities and associated correspondence. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 23 February 2010)
4. Sponsorships
Name of donor: Oak Ball Committee
Address of donor: Grove House, Semley SP7 9AP (registrable donations are detailed below).
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the money raised was for the benefit of myself and another Conservative Party MP (Dr Andrew Murrison). The total raised was £60,100 (which includes both registrable and non-registrable donations), and my constituency association received £19,725.
Donor status: unincorporated body
Individual donors' details:
Name of donor: J Townsend
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6000
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Mr Andrew Scott
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7500
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Mr Charles Harman
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Mr George Stephenson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2000
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Mr Stephen Morant
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2500
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Mr Michael Spencer
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £13,600
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Mrs A Pugh
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3500
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Mr Dominic Taylor
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3500
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Belinda Scott
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1400
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Lord Margadale
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4000
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Michael Samuel
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1800
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Mrs Lynda Heathcote-Amory
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1200
Donor status: individual
Name of donor: Ivan Shenkman
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4100
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 December 2009)
8. Land and Property
Farm in Perthshire, Scotland with holiday lettings.
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Lowman Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
(b) LDT (London and Devonshire Trust Ltd.).
Register last updated: 10 Mar 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 | £19,840 (293rd) | £20,930 (347th) | £21,360 (318th) | £21,374 | £20,692 (261st) | £18,183 (367th) | £19,569 (309th) | £16,443 (124th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,643 (325th) | £15,779 (439th) | £16,516 (524th) | £19,660 | £16,072 (442nd) | £17,768 (483rd) | £15,362 (539th) | £4,136 (631st) |
| Staffing costs | £93,829 (366th) | £83,029 (467th) | £76,702 (531st) | £62,709 | £61,039 (603rd) | £49,781 (637th) | £49,202 (624th) | £44,298 (joint 390th with 1 other) |
| Communications Allowance | £2,812 (532nd) | £5,028 (460th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,629 (351st)1 | £6,661 (368th)2 | £5,605 (429th)3 | £5,880 | £8,763 (384th) | £8,759 (373rd) | £8,054 (409th) | £7,377 (353rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £328 (222nd) | £0 | £0 | £414 | £232 (joint 348th with 1 other) | £153 (388th) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,217 (99th) | £844 (144th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,092 (512th) | £1,054 (joint 204th with 1 other) | £565 (499th) | £460 | £654 (joint 428th with 1 other) | £1,160 (199th) | £847 (408th) | £555 (525th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,780 (262nd) | £80 (635th) | £382 | £354 (631st) | £1,692 (466th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £734 (631st) | £1,096 (joint 250th with 1 other) | £916 | £1,782 (473rd) | £1,782 (465th) | £1,334 (592nd) | £1,196 (524th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £144,388 (390th) | £136,839 (452nd) | £121,924 (537th) | £111,795 | £109,588 (553rd) | £99,278 (600th) | £94,368 (593rd) | £74,005 (558th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,963 (95th). Rail £1,666 (386th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,086 (108th). Rail £1,386 (394th). Other: European £189 (132nd).
3 Car £4,557 (188th). Rail £909 (427th). European £139 (122nd).