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George Young
Conservative MP for North West Hampshire
- Also represented Ealing Acton
- Lord Privy Seal (since 12 May 2010)
Leader of the House of Commons, House of Commons (since 12 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 28 February 1974 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How George Young voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Transport, Treasury, Education and Skills, Transport, Local Government and the Regions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Members: Correspondence, Departmental Staffing, Correspondence, Safeguarding Children, Prisons: Overcrowding
(based on written questions asked by George Young and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
- Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- School Transport Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (20 out of 23)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Leader of the House: London Olympic 2012 (7 Feb 2012)
“None. Details of hospitality received by Ministers and special advisers and the most senior officials are published on a quarterly basis and will be available for July to September 2012 in due course.”
- Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)
“The business commencing 6 February will be: Monday 6 February—Second Reading of the Financial Services Bill. Tuesday 7 February—Opposition day (un-allotted day) (half-day). There will be a debate on responsibility and reform for British banks. This debate will arise on an Opposition motion. It will be followed by a motion relating to metal theft. The subject for this debate has...”
- Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)
“Three of this week’s four days have been on Government business, on Monday we have the Second Reading of the Financial Services Bill, and on Wednesday we will deal with the local government and police grant orders, without which no local authority will get its funding next year. I hope the hon. Lady agrees that that is important legislation. There is an Opposition debate on...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 59 debates in the last year — well above 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 89.80% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 30 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 2048 times in debates — well above 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 (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 | £23,297 (134th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,442 | £17,694 (405th) | £16,759 (418th) | £15,725 (507th) | £11,346 (533rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,577 (445th) | £8,665 (608th) | £16,270 (531st) | £10,386 | £13,759 (537th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £15,118 (545th) | £14,243 (372nd) |
| Staffing costs | £79,238 (575th) | £83,682 (452nd) | £77,595 (509th) | £82,922 | £75,902 (121st) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £47,622 (258th) |
| Communications Allowance | £1,846 (555th) | £1,631 (564th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,916 (448th)1 | £4,929 (470th)2 | £4,645 (484th)3 | £4,768 | £7,397 (447th) | £6,909 (447th) | £7,066 (452nd) | £5,146 (459th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £147 (314th) | £313 (273rd) | £0 | £143 | £89 (joint 427th with 2 others) | £97 (joint 425th with 2 others) | £103 (joint 419th with 1 other) | £142 (joint 379th with 3 others) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £590 (184th) | £764 (153rd) | 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 | £4,054 (joint 261st with 1 other) | £830 (joint 294th with 1 other) | £944 (joint 299th with 1 other) | £727 | £1,088 (261st) | £592 (467th) | £662 (joint 486th with 1 other) | £1,015 (323rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,788 (152nd) | £3,862 (207th) | £3,824 | £4,186 (180th) | £2,879 (joint 277th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,198 (332nd) | £1,032 (370th) | £103 | £1,530 (joint 567th with 1 other) | £1,530 (joint 548th with 1 other) | £1,530 (527th) | £1,530 (453rd) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,874 (29th) | £4,776 (12th) |
| Total | £128,665 (549th) | £128,883 (542nd) | £126,458 (503rd) | £123,315 | £121,645 (365th) | £115,588 (398th) | £110,674 (384th) | £85,820 (386th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,254 (346th). Rail £2,662 (304th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,974 (392nd). Rail £2,955 (293rd).