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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

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Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee (since 18 Apr 2008)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport, Transport

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Government Auctions, Special Educational Needs, Casino Advisory Panel, Carers, Departmental Policies

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Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Retirement (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has a standard retirement age; and how many employees have been asked to retire on reaching 65 years of age in each year since 2000.”

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Departmental Retirement (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many employees in his Department have been asked to retire on reaching 65 in each year since 2000.”

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Retirement (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of employees asked to retire on reaching 65 years of age in each year since 2000.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 57 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 5 comments 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") 84 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

Type2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£9,010 (568th)£7,828£9,351 (572nd)£7,672 (594th)£7,682 (604th)£6,614 (599th)
London Supplement£0£0£0£0£0£0
Incidental Expenses Provision£23,028 (155th)£21,425£17,098 (408th)£17,073 (526th)£16,627 (499th)£22,387 (111th)
Staffing Allowance£77,107 (520th)£76,174£72,537 (234th)£67,708 (344th)£59,672 (534th)£35,633 (584th)
Members' Travel£13,502 (103rd)*£14,330£14,291 (165th)£15,000 (148th)£12,631 (joint 218th)£9,956 (225th)
Members' Staff Travel£109 (joint 374th)£0£193 (370th)£107 (joint 422nd)£702 (211th)£0
Centrally Purchased Stationery£819 (357th)£917£1,264 (216th)£503 (508th)£2,265 (53rd)£1,610 (137th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,631 (319th)£2,565£3,221 (242nd)£1,329 (511th)N/AN/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,200 (joint 118th)£0£1,907 (joint 286th)£1,907 (joint 282nd)£1,907 (joint 279th)£1,907 (joint 262nd)
Other Costs£0£0£373 (95th)£2,776 (41st)£0£0
Total£127,406 (492nd)£123,239£120,235 (395th)£114,075 (442nd)£101,486 (526th)£78,107 (510th)

* Rail £2,058 (329th). Air £11,444 (30th).