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David Ruffley
Conservative MP for Bury St Edmunds
- 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 David Ruffley voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Work and Pensions, Health, Justice, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Incapacity Benefit, Benefits, Police, Benefit Fraud, Police: Manpower
(based on written questions asked by David Ruffley and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Policing and Crime Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
- Pensions Bill Committee (1 out of 22)
- Energy Bill Committee (9 out of 14)
- Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
- Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Police (8 Feb 2012)
“The right hon. Gentleman’s Committee has done much under his leadership to raise awareness of the efficiencies that can be delivered by police forces from existing budgets. When he talks about mandating collaboration, is he suggesting that the whole of England and Wales should be divided up and that every force should be mandated to collaborate with a neighbouring force or neighbouring...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Police (8 Feb 2012)
“I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman, and I do not doubt that those movements to the back office have been made, but that is exactly the kind of thing that the Government think is wrong. I wonder whether he could share with us the explanation of the chief constable, who is ultimately answerable for that movement of uniformed officers into the back office.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Police (8 Feb 2012)
“Speaking as a former special adviser to the Home Secretary at the time of the Sheehy reforms in the 1990s and as a shadow police Minister in the previous Parliament, I think it is worth putting on record that policing is about leadership and that leadership from the top at the Home Office has indeed been supplied by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and her deputy, my right hon. Friend...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 240 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 65.51% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 253 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £13,152 (461st) | £13,760 (511th) | £17,021 (461st) | £16,103 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,331 (joint 159th with 3 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,725 (258th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,283 (340th) | £22,152 (108th) | £21,067 (232nd) | £18,282 | £19,304 (137th) | £17,622 (joint 498th with 1 other) | £18,004 (367th) | £17,693 (247th) |
| Staffing costs | £95,085 (330th) | £94,781 (55th) | £86,524 (223rd) | £85,477 | £74,194 (179th) | £70,673 (170th) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £40,072 (512th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,374 (184th) | £9,019 (280th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,772 (395th)1 | £6,928 (355th)2 | £3,919 (526th)3 | £3,385 | £5,579 (516th) | £5,545 (501st) | £11,019 (286th) | £10,389 (195th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £806 (97th) | £806 (133rd) | £470 (joint 228th with 1 other) | £739 | £814 (214th) | £445 (282nd) | £439 (277th) | £357 (joint 294th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £4,061 (260th) | £1,031 (joint 208th with 1 other) | £1,631 (137th) | £1,540 | £1,646 (147th) | £1,518 (joint 128th with 1 other) | £1,952 (94th) | £1,564 (joint 152nd with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,046 (364th) | £4,831 (144th) | £3,639 | £3,746 (202nd) | £3,584 (195th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,418 (56th) | £1,500 (14th) | £955 | £1,803 (joint 453rd with 1 other) | £1,803 (joint 445th with 1 other) | £1,536 (525th) | £1,536 (joint 448th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £146,535 (369th) | £151,941 (239th) | £136,963 (339th) | £130,120 | £127,988 (230th) | £121,521 (274th) | £121,884 (121st) | £87,336 (357th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,490 (229th). Rail £836 (479th). Other: Mileage £86 (52nd). Rail £412 (51st). European £948 (58th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,050 (109th). Rail £1,620 (376th). Other: Rail £258 (73rd).
3 Car £3,211 (299th). Rail £223 (519th). European £485 (92nd).