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Eleanor Laing
Conservative MP for Epping Forest
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Eleanor Laing voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately 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 very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- 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 a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Education and Skills, Home Department, Communities and Local Government, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Freedom of Information, Departmental Databases, Departmental Data Protection, Electronic Voting, Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
(based on written questions asked by Eleanor Laing and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Equality Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (11 out of 15)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (4 out of 10)
- Employment Relations Bill Committee (1 out of 9)
- Children Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (1 out of 6)
- Education Bill Committee (15 out of 20)
- Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“I agree with my right hon. Friend that providing a check on the Government is Parliament’s most important role. Does he agree that having an elected House of Lords would undermine the position of the elected Members of the House of Commons and make them less likely to be able to hold the Government to account in this House, where the Prime Minister sits?”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the whole matter of House of Lords reform could be dealt with quickly in this House if, as the Prime Minister said a short while ago, the Government brought forward a Bill that simply brought the House of Lords into the 21st century without trying to create another House of Commons at the other end of the corridor?”
- Scotland Bill: Clause 7 — Partial suspension of Acts subject to scrutiny by Supreme Court (26 Apr 2012)
“I rise to speak to Lords amendment 18, which I thoroughly support, like everyone else who has spoken. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes South (Iain Stewart), who is something of an expert in these matters, for his measured and helpful approach, to my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) for all her work on these matters in the Select Committee, and...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 78.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 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") 375 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 (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 | £19,665 (302nd) | £23,082 (joint 144th with 3 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,631 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £16,435 (joint 487th with 1 other) | £16,034 (170th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,331 (337th) | £21,032 (173rd) | £23,816 (127th) | £13,894 | £18,367 (329th) | £18,607 (joint 382nd with 2 others) | £17,894 (389th) | £12,948 (421st) |
| Staffing costs | £103,951 (69th) | £83,456 (457th) | £85,185 (290th) | £83,736 | £72,255 (247th) | £63,643 (528th) | £65,409 (265th) | £46,106 (314th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,394 (384th) | £3,572 (514th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £826 (622nd)1 | £778 (621st)2 | £1,170 (611th)3 | £1,756 | £1,954 (621st) | £2,972 (591st) | £452 (646th) | £0 |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £38 | £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 | £1,646 (563rd) | £280 (joint 593rd with 1 other) | £416 (joint 564th with 1 other) | £286 | £276 (joint 605th with 1 other) | £487 (518th) | £590 (528th) | £676 (joint 468th with 2 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,184 (539th) | £598 (615th) | £790 | £500 (623rd) | £1,567 (484th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,199 (joint 326th with 5 others) | £1,013 (joint 405th with 1 other) | £713 | £1,633 (529th) | £1,633 (519th) | £1,615 (498th) | £902 (578th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £576 (91st) | £396 (78th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £150,813 (321st) | £134,583 (478th) | £134,308 (joint 391st with 1 other) | £122,844 | £116,463 (471st) | £109,638 (513th) | £102,395 (517th) | £76,666 (530th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £826 (513th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £778 (540th).