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Geoffrey Cox
Conservative MP for Torridge and West Devon
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Geoffrey Cox voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 strongly against more EU integration. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Trade and Industry, Communities and Local Government, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Dentistry, Turbines: Health Hazards, Secure Training Centres: Restraint Techniques, Environmental Stewardship Scheme, Peninsular Power Ltd.
(based on written questions asked by Geoffrey Cox and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (4 out of 9)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Statements of Taxation: EU Criminal Policy (25 Jan 2012)
“The right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith) said one very wise and pertinent thing. It was not the only wise and pertinent thing he said, but it was one that struck me, and that was that it is almost invariably the case that it is undesirable to introduce into a mature and well-developed legal system another layer of legislation that is already covered satisfactorily by...”
- Statements of Taxation: EU Criminal Policy (25 Jan 2012)
“I do agree. The fundamental underlying principle that should exercise all Members of this House when it comes to criminal law powers being assumed by a supranational organisation is that what is or is not criminal, and what is or is not an action that puts an individual citizen of this nation beyond the pale of the criminal law, should be a matter for this House. It is to this House that...”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Change of Use (7 Dec 2011)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to publish the findings of his Department's consultation on the relaxation of planning rules for change of use from commercial to residential.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 10 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 71.58% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 96 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £23,000 (145th) | £20,250 (382nd) | £19,250 (414th) | £18,685 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £23,326 (79th) | £20,898 (185th) | £29,143 (11th) | £27,595 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £91,910 (414th) | £81,135 (514th) | £78,957 (474th) | £55,756 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £11,262 (119th) | £6,283 (403rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,897 (168th)1 | £12,281 (joint 138th with 1 other)2 | £11,344 (joint 151st with 1 other)3 | £11,141 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £53 (joint 375th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £362 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £768 (148th) | £1,120 (114th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £183 (59th) | £65 (97th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,979 (269th) | £567 (joint 451st with 2 others) | £985 (284th) | £1,546 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,523 (462nd) | £2,406 (352nd) | £3,626 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,238 (joint 275th with 1 other) | £1,177 (joint 133rd with 2 others) | £1,177 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £165,377 (122nd) | £145,360 (349th) | £143,262 (207th) | £119,888 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,138 (255th). Rail £7,759 (86th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,396 (262nd). Rail £8,885 (71st).