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Dominic Grieve
Conservative MP for Beaconsfield
- Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Justice (since 8 Sep 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 15,253 votes. — 77th 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 Dominic Grieve voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly 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 strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Justice, Constitutional Affairs, Solicitor-General, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Human Trafficking, Written Questions: Government Responses, Departmental Procurement, Fines, Departmental Manpower
(based on written questions asked by Dominic Grieve and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Equality Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (28 out of n/a)
- Sexual Offences Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (38 out of n/a)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Justice: Referendums: Costs (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate he has made of the cost of holding a referendum.”
- Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2): New Clause 85 — Tax status of MPs and members of the House of Lords (1 Feb 2010) has video
“There is no need for the repetition of something that one member of my party need say only once. There is unanimity on this point.”
- Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2): New Clause 85 — Tax status of MPs and members of the House of Lords (1 Feb 2010) has video
“Dare I say that the hon. Gentleman seems to be following a rather esoteric path? The reasons why we have such odd rules that allow all sorts of strange people to come here and become peers and Members of Parliament are, firstly, our imperial past, particularly in respect of Commonwealth citizens-we have never modernised the rules in that regard but have left them as they are-and secondly, our...”
More of Dominic Grieve's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 427 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 17 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.
- 76 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Dominic Grieve speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1145 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Barrister.
Ex-member of Lloyds' reinsured into Equitas and a member of NACDE, a Names Action Group.
Fees from BBC for appearances on 'Question Time' and 'Any Questions'. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 18 July 2008)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Contribution made between November 2006 and November 2007 through Conservative Campaign Headquarters towards the office costs of the Shadow Home Secretary from:
Midlands Industrial Council. (Registered 16 July 2008)
Harris Ventures Limited (Registered 16 July 2008)
Ad hoc advice on communications from The Kingstree Group. (Registered 5 January 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
My wife and I received tickets for the Conservative Party's 'Black and White Party' on 4 February 2009, paid for by Rainham Steel Co Ltd. (Registered 3 March 2009)
I received a case of wine from Francis Taylor Building (barristers' chambers) as thanks for delivering the Boydell lecture in May 2009. (Registered 20 May 2009)
Name of donor: Mr John Lewis
Address of donor : private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets for my wife and me to attend the Conservative Party's Summer Party on 17 June 2009. Payment for tickets, to value of £1,600, made directly to the Conservative Party.
Date of receipt of donation: 17 June 2009
Date of acceptance of donation: 17 June 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 14 July 2009 )
6. Overseas visits
26-29 November 2008, to India, on fact-finding visit to discuss security matters, at the invitation of the Indian Government. I was accompanied by a member of my staff, and our air tickets, accommodation and hospitality were provided by the Indian Government. (Registered 16 December 2008)
8. Land and Property
House in London, generating rental income.
I am part-owner of a house for personal occupation and of some building land in France.
9. Registrable shareholdings
(b) Rio Tinto
(b) Shell
(b) Diageo
(b) GlaxoSmithKline
(b) Schroders
(b) Anglo American Platinum Corp
(b) Astrazeneca Ord.
(b) LVMH
(b) BHP Billiton
(b) Experian
Register last updated: 6 Jan 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 | £18,642 (339th) | £18,668 (424th) | £16,885 (464th) | £15,665 | £16,940 (434th) | £13,815 (496th) | £16,205 (490th) | £13,050 (joint 483rd with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,242 (257th) | £21,582 (125th) | £19,701 (395th) | £15,218 | £18,017 (356th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £17,641 (431st) | £7,135 (589th) |
| Staffing costs | £87,067 (486th) | £80,741 (523rd) | £76,808 (527th) | £84,341 | £72,326 (239th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £56,777 (42nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,891 (411th) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,373 (565th)3 | £2,228 (577th)2 | £2,768 (joint 563rd with 1 other)1 | £1,747 | £2,009 (619th) | £1,063 (634th) | £3,107 (588th) | £756 (joint 634th with 1 other) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £51 (joint 379th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £2,888 (393rd) | £946 (245th) | £767 (382nd) | £598 | £1,017 (282nd) | £870 (320th) | £433 (joint 586th with 1 other) | £753 (428th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,792 (261st) | £1,423 (519th) | £1,209 | £1,734 (450th) | £2,585 (320th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,386 (78th) | £1,457 (17th) | £338 | £1,814 (joint 441st with 1 other) | £1,814 (joint 435th with 1 other) | £1,476 (551st) | £1,476 (478th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £825 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £137,154 (487th) | £128,343 (546th) | £119,809 (556th) | £119,941 | £113,857 (505th) | £110,719 (502nd) | £108,074 (441st) | £79,947 (488th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £335 (572nd). Rail £1,624 (375th). Other: Rail £269 (72nd).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £34 (571st). Rail £1,978 (354th). Other: Rail £56 (127th). Air £305 (18th).
1 Car £1,088 (528th). Rail £501 (475th). Air £251 (198th). Other £928 (25th).