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Edward Leigh
Conservative MP for Gainsborough
- Also represented Gainsborough and Horncastle
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Edward Leigh voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
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)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Chairman, Energy Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
- International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Hunting Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
Most recent appearances
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“My hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Goole (Andrew Percy) mentioned Lincolnshire, where I too have been a victim of metal theft. My whole home was trashed because thieves stole the boiler without turning off the water. Ordinary people are suffering and we demand that the Government take urgent action. People are fed up. There has been too much prevarication for too long.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“Does not the ding-dong of the last four or five minutes illustrate the dangers of political interference in regulation? Once we get back to the subject of the Bank of England, and given that the top 1% of taxpayers provide 28% of total taxes, can we have regulation in the future less by populism on bonuses, salaries and the rest, and more by the raising of the right eyebrow of the Governor of...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Syria (6 Feb 2012)
“While Assad’s actions are evil and those of the Russians and Chinese are woeful—my right hon. Friend is entirely correct on that—some of us warned during the Libyan intervention that we were in danger of playing into their hands and providing them with an alibi because we did not stick strictly to humanitarian action, such as when we were pursuing Gaddafi in the last hours...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 93 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 64.64% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 1242 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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.
| 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 | £22,139 (185th) | £22,840 (232nd) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,744 | £20,108 (300th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,874 (joint 90th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,818 (434th) | £16,314 (421st) | £10,290 (617th) | £13,213 | £15,336 (480th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £17,971 (joint 377th with 1 other) | £3,762 (638th) |
| Staffing costs | £107,563 (34th) | £95,530 (50th) | £86,584 (220th) | £87,072 | £62,367 (588th) | £62,781 (546th) | £61,250 (489th) | £42,850 (443rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £3,481 (520th) | £6,270 (404th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,211 (235th)1 | £8,158 (291st)2 | £7,109 (338th)3 | £7,332 | £8,214 (412th) | £12,383 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £10,619 (299th) | £8,625 (292nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £123 (363rd) | £0 | £325 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,327 (34th) | £1,067 (118th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £1,745 (10th) | £1,639 (15th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £540 (631st) | £224 (617th) | £104 (638th) | £105 | £654 (joint 428th with 1 other) | £196 (626th) | £533 (557th) | £438 (576th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £501 (617th) | £0 | £420 | £1,372 (joint 512th with 1 other) | £632 (614th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,447 (joint 37th with 1 other) | £297 (635th) | £1,619 | £1,619 (joint 537th with 1 other) | £1,322 (614th) | £1,322 (594th) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £161,824 (168th) | £154,113 (198th) | £126,494 (502nd) | £129,830 | £109,670 (551st) | £116,446 (383rd) | £111,417 (366th) | £72,549 (571st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,168 (171st). Rail £4,660 (198th). Other: European £383 (109th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,097 (287th). Rail £3,873 (245th). Other: European £1,188 (40th).
3 Car £3,425 (288th). Rail £2,756 (277th). Other £928 (25th).