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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
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Ruffley voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. 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 strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. 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 moderately against a smoking ban. 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, Sick Leave
(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)
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
- Energy Bill Committee (9 out of 14)
- Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Pensions Bill Committee (1 out of 22)
- 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 — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: US-UK Discussions (18 Jun 2013)
“Aside from airing the possibility that western countries might arm the Syrian opposition, will the Foreign Secretary tell us what steps Secretary Kerry would like to take to bring Syria, and perhaps even Iran, to the negotiating table?”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley). Our membership of the European Union affects, one way or another, the living standards of our constituents and the prosperity of our people. Membership of the European Union has primarily been founded on an economic case that membership is in our economic interests. In 1973, the argument was principally that we...”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“I will not at the moment because time is short. It is also the case that, historically, we have been against greater integration. Why else did we secure an opt-out from the euro—that disastrous project that we did not want anything to do with at the outset and that we will not, I trust, wish to join in the future? We were also, of course, one of the few EU countries to say that we would...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 162 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 69.71% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 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") 274 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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).