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Graham Brady
Conservative MP for Altrincham and Sale West
- 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 Graham Brady voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education and Skills, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, Health, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): European Union, Parliamentary Questions, Working Time Regulations, EU Constitution, Departmental Public Expenditure
(based on written questions asked by Graham Brady and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Chairman, Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Pensions Bill Committee (3 out of 8)
- Education Bill Committee (16 out of 20)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Ict (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to provide assistance for small and medium-sized companies in the IT sector; and what steps he is taking to encourage IT-related contracts and requirements to be assembled into appropriately sized small, medium and large packages of work for delivery by the most suitably sized and skilled organisations.”
- [Mr Graham Brady in the Chair] — Backbench Business — Backbench Business Committee (26 Apr 2012)
“It may be convenient for hon. Members if I remind them, before I call the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Natascha Engel), that the Backbench Business Committee has recommended that the first debate should last no more than 20 minutes in total.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Alcoholic Drinks: Prices (16 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department's proposal to ban multi-buy discounts for the purchase of alcoholic beverages will be applied to discounts for wine bought by the case.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 40 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 76.46% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 20 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 460 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees for occasional lectures to groups of students from the United States on behalf of the American Institute for Foreign Study and International Enrichment. (Up to £5,000) Address: Dilke House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7JN.
Fee of £300 received on 27 July 2011 for lecturing students from the US. Hours: 2 hrs.(Registered 26 August 2011)
Fees from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for responding to opinion research:
Fee of £75 received on 3 May 2011. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 May 2011)
Fee of £75 received 28 May 2011. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 June 2011)
Fee of £75 received 17 April 2012. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 24 April 2012)
Associate Editor of The House Magazine (Dods Parliamentary), 21 Dartmouth St, Westminster, London SW1H 0BP. (£0-5,000)
Received £625 on 1 May 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 26 August 2011)
Received £625 on 20 July 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 26 August 2011)
Received £625 on 11 November 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 1 December 2011)
Received £1,250 on 9 March 2012 for October 2011 to March 2012. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 14 March 2012)
Lay Associate Member of the General Medical Council Fitness to Practice Panel. Address: GMC, Regent’s Place, 350 Euston Road, London NW1 3JN. (Registered 1 December 2011)
Fee of £750 for attending Practice Panel duties in November 2011. (Registered 5 December 2011)
Fee of £310 received on 28 January 2012 for attending Panel duties in January 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 9 February 2012)
Received £250 for an article for the Telegraph on 1 November 2011. Address: Telegraph Media Group Ltd, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. (Registered 1 December 2011)
Payment received on 13 January 2012 of £100 for evening paper review on 4 September 2011 for Sky News, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 25 January 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: The European Azerbaijan society
Address of donor: 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel and accommodation estimated at £3,600
Destination of visit: Azerbaijan
Date of visit: 22 -27 July 2011
Purpose of visit: to meet senior Azerbaijani political and business figures and, British diplomats, and to visit some of the regions and IDP camp
(Registered 26 August 2011)
Name of donor: Cayman Islands Government
Address of donor: Government Administration Building, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £8,600
Destination of visit: Grand Cayman
Date of visit: 30 March to 6 April 2012
Purpose of visit: to attend a great number of events and meetings and participate in a very wide ranging number of topics with the government and other interested parties.
(Registered 16 April 2012)
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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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 | £23,821 (84th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £18,657 (335th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £13,534 (467th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £15,720 (407th) | £16,287 (422nd) | £17,562 (495th) | £15,455 | £15,576 (469th) | £17,898 (472nd) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £12,527 (444th) |
| Staffing costs | £92,691 (392nd) | £86,685 (360th) | £82,896 (joint 376th with 1 other) | £80,923 | £73,130 (221st) | £69,963 (180th) | £69,197 (109th) | £51,026 (142nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,710 (307th)1 | £9,770 (230th)2 | £8,422 (294th)3 | £11,051 | £11,627 (280th) | £13,087 (211th) | £14,162 (172nd) | £10,702 (184th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £165 (joint 302nd with 1 other) | £0 | £636 (187th) | £698 | £626 (250th) | £2,256 (40th) | £1,064 (joint 159th with 1 other) | £2,358 (24th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,051 (112th) | £3,039 (29th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £944 (21st) | £2,923 (8th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,896 (joint 391st with 1 other) | £664 (joint 382nd with 3 others) | £752 (390th) | £724 | £810 (356th) | £825 (joint 343rd with 1 other) | £1,082 (302nd) | £999 (331st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,351 (319th) | £2,556 (333rd) | £1,880 | £2,449 (337th) | £3,008 (262nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £825 (625th) | £678 (624th) | £0 | £2,074 (8th) | £1,964 (joint 156th with 2 others) | £1,964 (joint 154th with 2 others) | £1,964 (joint 148th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £144,998 (385th) | £145,627 (342nd) | £135,612 (369th) | £132,365 | £127,194 (250th) | £127,658 (163rd) | £125,425 (64th) | £93,110 (204th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,178 (38th). Rail £881 (474th). Air £619 (112th). Misc £32 (214th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,392 (79th). Rail £765 (463rd). Air £2,889 (78th). Misc £2 (262nd). Other: European £722 (81st).
3 Car £5,581 (101st). Rail £1,081 (412th). Air £1,760 (101st).