• Conservative MP for Gainsborough
• Majority: 8,003 votes. — 323rd out of 631 MPs.
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• Voting record
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How Edward Leigh voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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 strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against 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 very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Liaison Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
• Chairman, Public Accounts Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Local Government Finance, Iraq, Burma, Civil Partnerships, Asylum Seekers

(based on written questions asked by Edward Leigh and answered by departments)

HMRC (25 Jun 2008)

“On 17 December, the Chancellor of the Exchequer told me, as recorded in Hansard at columns 619 and 620, that I was wrong in saying that a senior executive officer had refused the request of the National Audit Office to strip out personal details. Later that afternoon, in the Public Accounts Committee, Dave Hartnett, the acting chairman, confirmed that it was a senior executive...”

Orders of the Day: European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill (20 Jun 2008)

“Will the hon. Gentleman support the campaign that I am waging—so far unsuccessfully—in the Liaison Committee to persuade my colleagues to set up a Budget Committee? The Government carry out their spending review three years in advance, but there is no proper scrutiny by this House of how the money is to be spent. We need a separate Select Committee to do the equivalent, before the...”

Orders of the Day: European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill (20 Jun 2008)

“Oui.”

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• Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 comments on this MP's speeches — above 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.
• 56 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Edward Leigh speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 261 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £3,425 (288th). Rail £2,756 (277th). Other £928 (25th).