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Edward Vaizey
Conservative MP for Wantage
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Culture, Communications and Creative Industries), Business, Innovation and Skills (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Edward Vaizey voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Health, Home Department, Education and Skills, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Light Bulbs, Film, Renaissance in the Regions, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Christmas
(based on written questions asked by Edward Vaizey and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] — UK City of Culture 2017 (21 May 2013)
“It is a pleasure to be under your chairmanship, Mr Weir. I thank the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis), for his 15-minute speech. In the eight minutes remaining to me, I will try to pay tribute to the many interventions and contributions made by hon. Members. The debate was framed by an elegant Southend sandwich—my hon. Friends the Members for...”
- [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] — UK City of Culture 2017 (21 May 2013)
“I am staying out of that one. We also heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins). East Kent is a place that I visit frequently. I spent my summer holidays in Ramsgate, where my aunt lived. I am to open the Deal music festival. I pay tribute to the work of Roger De Haan and his support for Folkestone and of course Turner Contemporary. The area is also the...”
- [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] — UK City of Culture 2017 (21 May 2013)
“It is; we have not had an Opposition debate. I yearn for the hon. Gentleman to use his influence—call an Opposition debate on arts and culture and we can talk about how we have restored the money lost in the lottery cuts of the last Government in order to support our culture. Of course, the lottery, which was brought in by the Major Government and supported by the last Labour...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — 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 very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 65.60% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 377 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £18,968 (326th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £19,924 (392nd) | £14,103 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £11,528 (554th) | £16,969 (399th) | £28,994 (21st) | £21,193 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £77,704 (587th) | £82,436 (485th) | £78,357 (495th) | £82,887 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £1,270 (568th) | £7,594 (350th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,497 (416th)1 | £6,646 (370th)2 | £5,304 (449th)3 | £7,603 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £56 (372nd) | £227 (309th) | £625 (193rd) | £307 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £170 (joint 285th with 1 other) | £85 (333rd) | 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 | £2,345 (467th) | £465 (joint 511th with 3 others) | £304 (joint 605th with 1 other) | £228 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,577 (450th) | £1,388 (522nd) | £993 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £974 (591st) | £1,095 (joint 252nd with 1 other) | £1,095 | |||||
| Other Costs | £2,052 (66th) | £4,032 (38th) | £510 (75th) | £0 | ||||
| Total | £119,591 (598th) | £144,088 (370th) | £136,501 (348th) | £128,409 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,513 (224th). Rail £1,598 (392nd). Other: Mileage £168 (36th). Rail £218 (77th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,294 (178th). Rail £623 (477th). Misc £48 (201st). Other: Rail £1,681 (8th).
3 Car £2,685 (347th). Rail £2,566 (290th). Other £53 (60th).