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Douglas Carswell

Conservative MP for Harwich

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
    • Majority: 920 votes. — 604th out of 643 MPs.

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Douglas Carswell voted on key issues since 2001:

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    More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

    Committees and topics of interest

    Select Committee membership
    • Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 10 Feb 2009)
    • Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Defence, Home Department, Health, Communities and Local Government, Treasury

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Foreign Relations, Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operations, Lynx Helicopters: Procurement, Non-governmental Organisations: Finance, Defence: Procurement

    (based on written questions asked by Douglas Carswell and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

    RSS feed Most recent appearances

    Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Strategic Defence Review (Green Paper) (3 Feb 2010) has video

    “Will the strategic review allow for more off-the-shelf procurement? Will it call time on the ruinously wasteful protectionism in the defence industrial strategy, and if not, why not?”

    Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: NHS Charities (27 Jan 2010) has video

    “The Minister described this as a purely technical matter, but is there not a danger that NHS charities could be subject in effect to more central micro-management? Should we not seek in fact to decentralise control?”

    Written Answers — Cabinet Office: NHS Charities (27 Jan 2010)

    “To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what discussions she has had with the Charity Commission and the Secretary of State for Health on proposed changes to the accounting treatment of NHS charities.”

    More of Douglas Carswell's recent appearances

    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 43 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 64% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
    • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
    • 71 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Douglas Carswell speaks.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 49 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Income as co-author of book 'The Plan - Twelve months to renew Britain'.
    8. Land and Property
    Residential property in Hertfordshire, from which rental income is received.

    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.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    Staying away from main home£24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) £18,953 (423rd) £10,869        
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Office running costs£16,040 (394th) £21,290 (153rd) £21,940 (188th) £19,270        
    Staffing costs£98,355 (221st) £84,770 (421st) £85,598 (273rd) £81,320        
    Communications Allowance£13,882 (37th) £13,204 (38th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£6,852 (339th)3 £6,202 (387th)2 £6,974 (joint 342nd with 1 other)1 £7,528        
    Members' Staff Travel£126 (joint 325th with 1 other) £92 (381st) £165 (341st) £1,213        
    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£4,314 (228th) £570 (448th) £761 (385th) £490        
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,871 (251st) £3,218 (262nd) £2,598 N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,296 (joint 190th with 3 others) £1,196 (121st) £892        
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Total£163,575 (145th) £153,378 (209th) £138,805 (304th) £124,180        

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,253 (492nd). Rail £4,456 (214th). Other: European £493 (107th).

    3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,506 (439th). Rail £5,346 (167th).

    1 Car £480 (567th). Rail £3,084 (260th). Other £3,410 (7th).