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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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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Graham Brady voted on key issues since 2001:
- 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 moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. 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 replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. 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 against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. 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, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (7 out of 17)
- Chairman, Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Pensions Bill Committee (3 out of 8)
- Chairman, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Chairman, Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Education Bill Committee (16 out of 20)
Most recent appearances
- Previous Business – Commons: Select Committee (9 May 2013)
“Political and Constitutional Reform: Revisiting Rebuilding the House: the impact of the Wright reforms.
Witnesses: Rt Hon. Sir Alan Beith MP; Clive Betts MP and Peter Wishart MP; Natascha Engel MP, David Howarth and Graham Brady MP”- Written Answers — Education: Pupils: Per Capita Costs (25 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education which 50 maintained (a) secondary and (b) primary schools, including voluntary-aided or controlled schools had the (i) highest and (ii) lowest per pupil funding in the most recent year for which figures are available; what the amount of that spending is in each such case; and in which local authority area each school is.”
- Written Answers — Health: NHS: Crimes of Violence (22 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health which local authority areas in England did not have a violent patient scheme in the most recent period for which information is available.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 15 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 39 written questions in the last year — above 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 76.29% 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") 467 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for responding to opinion research:
Fee of £75 received 12 December 2012. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 20 December 2012)
Fee of £75 received 27 December 2012. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 7 January 2013)
Associate Editor of The House Magazine (Dods Parliamentary), 21 Dartmouth St, Westminster, London SW1H 0BP. (£0-5,000)
Received £625 on 24 August 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 5 September 2012)
Received £625 on 11 December 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 11 December 2012)
Received £625 on 8 February 2013. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 28 February 2013)
Received £625 on 26 April 2013. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 2 May 2013)
Lay Associate Member of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, St James’s Buildings, 79 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6FQ; formerly the General Medical Council Fitness to Practice Panel. (Registered 1 December 2011; updated 6 November 2012)
Fee of £1,240 received on 12 October 2012. Hours: 15 hrs in August-September 2012. (Registered 25 October 2012)
Fee of £620 received 24 October 2012. Hours: 14 hrs in October 2012. (Registered 6 November 2012)
Fee of £620 received 24 January 2013. Hours: 9 hrs in January 2013. (Registered 30 January 2013)
Fee of £2,790 received on 24 April 2013. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 2 May 2013)
Received £300 on 31 October 2012 for article for the Sunday Times on 29 July 2012. Address: 1 Pennington Street London E1 9XNGB. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 20 November 2012)
Received £400 on 29 October 2012 for article for the Sunday Express on 8 August 2012. Address: The Northern & Shell Building, Number 10, Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6EN. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 20 November 2012)
Received £250 on 12 December 2012 for article in the Times Education Supplement. Address: 26 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4H. Hours: 1 hour. (Registered 12 December 2012)
Received £250 on 21 January 2013 for speaking in the Spectator debate. Address: The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Hours: 1 hour. (Registered 21 January 2013)
Payments from the Daily Telegraph. Address: Telegraph Media Group Ltd, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT:
Received £320 on 20 February 2013 for article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 7 March 2013)
Received £255 on 22 March 2013 for article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 26 March 2013)
Received £180 on 5 March 2013 from the Foundation for International Eduation for lecturing students from the USA. Address: Foundation House, 114 Cromwell Rd, London SW7 4ES. Time: 1 hr. (Registered 11 March 2013)
Received £400 on 13 March 2013 for article for the Sunday Times. Address: News International Trading Ltd, PO Box 151, Peterborough PE7 8YT. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 20 March 2013)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC)
Address of donor : BASC South East, 3 Barn Studios, Gaterounds Farm, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey RH5 5AJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: one day’s shooting and one night’s accommodation at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, 13-14 December 2012; total value £852
Date of receipt of donation: 13 December 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 13 December 2012
Donor status: Registered Industrial and Provident Society, No 28488R
(Registered 20 December 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Government of Republic of China (Taiwan)
Address of donor: Taipei Representative Office in the UK, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,300
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Date of visit: 23-29 September 2012
Purpose of visit: to meet the President and senior Members of the Government and Opposition to discuss issues affecting Taiwan and the UK
(Registered 25 October 2012)
11. Miscellaneous
I have been given honorary membership of the Carlton Club for the tenure of my position of Chairman of the 1922 Committee. (Registered 5 September 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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).