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Dominic Grieve
Conservative MP for Beaconsfield
- Attorney General (since 12 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Dominic Grieve voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Justice, Constitutional Affairs, Health, Solicitor-General
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Human Trafficking, Departmental Surveys, Written Questions: Government Responses, Departmental Procurement, Fines
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Equality Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (28 out of 32)
- Sexual Offences Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (38 out of 39)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“Let me make it quite that it has to be a belief organisation because unless there are some grounds for belief, I assume that there is no reason for carrying out a ceremony. I am sorry if my point sounded flippant, because it was not intended to be. My point was that belief organisations can be very wide in their scope and are certainly not confined to humanism.”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“I will say this one last time. It has nothing to do with the merits or otherwise of wanting to extend marriage to humanist or secular groups. The way the amendment has been drafted confined it to groups promoting humanism, but there are many other secular groups. The local tiddlywinks club might wish to become a registered charity and to conduct weddings, so by its very nature, and for that...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 69.57% of votes in this 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") 1298 times in debates — well above 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 | £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 (487th) | £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)1 | £2,228 (577th)2 | £2,768 (joint 563rd with 1 other)3 | £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 (486th) | £128,343 (546th) | £119,809 (556th) | £119,941 | £113,857 (505th) | £110,719 (502nd) | £108,074 (441st) | £79,947 (488th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £34 (571st). Rail £1,978 (354th). Other: Rail £56 (127th). Air £305 (18th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £335 (572nd). Rail £1,624 (375th). Other: Rail £269 (72nd).
3 Car £1,088 (528th). Rail £501 (475th). Air £251 (198th). Other £928 (25th).