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Derek Wyatt
Former Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey

    • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
    • Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
    • Majority: 79 votes. — 640th out of 643 MPs.

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Derek Wyatt voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
      • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
      • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
      • Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
      • Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
      • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
      • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
      • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
      • Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
      • Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
      • Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
      • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
      • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
      • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
      • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
      • Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes

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      Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements (7 Apr 2010) has video

      “It is alarming, although not surprising, that it took me a search of the internet to discover exactly what amendments had been tabled, rather than finding out through the Vote Office. I have raised my confusion about the Bill with the Secretary of State privately. I own the e-mail system that is predominantly used by my family-I sign it off. If one of member of my family was illegally file...”

      Business of the House: Digital Economy Bill [ Lords] (6 Apr 2010) has video

      “It is a pleasure to follow my great friend, the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster). Judging by what Opposition Front-Benchers said, I thought for one moment that he was going to be the MP for Bath and Munster, but perhaps not. I pay great thanks to the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Mr. Timms), who is on the...”

      Business of the House: Digital Economy Bill [ Lords] (6 Apr 2010) has video

      “No, not yet. In January this year, Google had a problem in China, and it forgot to think about where it would take its problem. It decided then that it did not need to talk to the State Department in Washington, but it certainly is now, and the one good thing about Google's demise in China was a brilliant speech by Hillary Clinton about what the internet is and what it stands for. Her vision...”

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      • Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
      • Has received answers to 65 written questions in the last year — above 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 79.74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
      • People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
      • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
      • 36 people are tracking this MP.
      • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 169 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

      Register of Members’ Interests

      6. Overseas visits
      Name of donor: 1) Chinese Government
      2) All-Party Parliamentary China Group
      Address of donor: 1) c/o China Embassy, 49-51 Portland Place, London
      2) House of Commons
      Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
      1) hospitality; £1,166
      2) air ticket; £770 (from donations previously registered)
      Destination of visit: Lhasa,Tibet
      Date of visit: 10-19 September 2009
      Purpose of visit: to consider the question of Tibet
      Name of donor: Qatar Financial Centre Authority
      Address of donor: PO Box 23245, Doha, Qatar.
      Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3208.59
      Destination of visit: Doha, Qatar.
      Date of visit: 29 September to 2 October 2009
      Purpose of visit: to attend FT Rethinking the Future of Finance Conference
      (Registered 20 October 2009)
      Name of donor: Nominet
      Address of donor: Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ.
      Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1203: this includes travel, accommodation, food and incidental expenses.
      Destination of visit: Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
      Date of visit: 14-19 November 2009
      Purpose of visit: to attend the United Nations Internet Governance Forum
      (Registered 17 December 2009)
      Name of donor: (1) Columbia University
      (2) All-Party Parliamentary Group on Communications
      Address of donor: (1) 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6902, USA.
      (2) House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.
      Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) £605 economy ticket
      (2) £672 (hotel and meals)
      Destination of visit: New York, USA.
      Date of visit: 22-25 October 2009
      Purpose of visit: to speak at CITI's Annual State of Telecom Conference
      (Registered 17 December 2009)
      Name of donor: Nominet
      Address of donor: Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4DQ
      Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights, accommodation, ground travel and incidental expenses to the value of £1190
      Destination of visit: Washington DC, USA
      Date of visit: 24-17 January 2010
      Purpose of visit: to attend the Congressional Internet Caucus State of the Net Conference as a representative of the All-Party Communications Group, as well as a number of relevant meetings with US officials
      (Registered 10 February 2010)
      Name of donor: University of British Columbia
      Address of donor: Vancouver, BC, Canada
      Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £900 flight; £360 hotel
      Destination of visit: Vancouver
      Date of visit: 11-14 March 2010
      Purpose of visit: to speak on the legacy of the Olympics
      (Registered 24 March 2010)
      11. Miscellaneous
      Member of International Advisory Committee of Whistling Woods International, Mumbai; a film and television institute. No fees attached.

      Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. 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.

      Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (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)
      Staying away from main home£23,984 (61st) £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,634 £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) £19,382 (297th) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £15,509 (joint 290th with 4 others)
      London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Office running costs£21,540 (144th) £18,662 (joint 310th with 1 other) £23,770 (128th) £22,623 £19,305 (joint 134th with 2 others) £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) £18,210 (joint 259th with 2 others) £18,659 (215th)
      Staffing costs£98,593 (214th) £91,575 (134th) £83,805 (341st) £78,458 £72,275 (joint 242nd with 2 others) £69,898 (joint 182nd with 10 others) £65,318 (275th) £42,611 (454th)
      Communications Allowance£10,818 (139th) £10,729 (86th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Travel£4,460 (476th)1 £3,912 (518th)2 £4,157 (509th)3 £5,398 £7,091 (461st) £5,560 (499th) £5,157 (522nd) £4,961 (469th)
      Members' Staff Travel£0 £81 (386th) £0 £0 £137 (joint 400th with 2 others) £40 (462nd) £69 (438th) £216 (344th)
      Members' Spouse Travel£0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Family Travel£9 (112th) £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Centrally Purchased Stationery£3,548 (315th) £1,520 (90th) £1,156 (joint 236th with 1 other) £910 £2,420 (78th) £1,111 (joint 220th with 1 other) £471 (575th) £1,828 (100th)
      Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£5,444 (23rd) £3,663 (222nd) £2,199 £5,841 (107th) £4,020 (167th) N/A N/A
      Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,151 (joint 415th with 1 other) £1,177 (joint 133rd with 2 others) £188 £1,984 (joint 97th with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 91st with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 90th with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 88th with 4 others)
      Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Total£162,951 (156th) £156,157 (168th) £139,838 (287th) £131,410 £129,955 (192nd) £120,794 (295th) £110,931 (376th) £85,768 (387th)

      1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,454 (234th). Rail £95 (561st). Other: European £911 (62nd).

      2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,909 (303rd). Rail £332 (514th). Other: European £671 (87th).

      3 Car £3,998 (242nd). Rail £159 (532nd).

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      Other offices held in the past

      • PPS (Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE, Minister of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (28 Jun 2007 to 16 Oct 2008)
      • Member, Public Accounts Committee (27 Mar 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
      • Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
      • Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art (10 Jan 2005 to 11 Apr 2005)
      • Member, Culture, Media & Sport Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
      • Member, Advisory Committee of Works of Art (to 10 Jan 2005)

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