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Grant Shapps
Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — 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 Grant Shapps voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. 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 moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Housing: Low Incomes, Departments: Property, Departmental Training, Homes and Communities Agency, Mortgages: Government Assistance
(based on written questions asked by Grant Shapps and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
- Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Greater London (3 Sep 2012)
“The numbers of affordable homes completed in each London borough in 2010-13 and 2011-12 were reported in the Homes and Communities Agency's National Housing Statistics, published on 12 June 2012: http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/national-housing-statis tics These statistics only cover affordable housing that is delivered through the Homes and Communities Agency's affordable housing...”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: High Street Review (3 Sep 2012)
“The successful Portas pilots will each receive up to £100,000 along with a comprehensive package of support. Each of the pilots will be putting in place appropriate indicators to monitor the impact of their actions locally. We will also be commissioning a national study which will measure impact from the successful pilots, enabling the sharing of best practice and lessons learnt across...”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing Companies (3 Sep 2012)
“Local housing companies pilots were a programme of the last Administration; the Homes and Communities Agency concluded that such schemes were not viable in the short-term due to the prevailing conditions of the housing market. Some local councils may have subsequently pursued local initiatives, but such information is not centrally collated.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — well below 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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75.70% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 236 times in debates — 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 | £4,104 (568th) | £7,269 (572nd) | £3,244 (583rd) | £2,134 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £15,834 (400th) | £23,118 (88th) | £23,702 (132nd) | £19,769 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £87,976 (481st) | £80,756 (522nd) | £78,908 (476th) | £64,996 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £2,487 (543rd) | £4,444 (484th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,844 (298th)1 | £6,788 (361st)2 | £6,912 (348th)3 | £4,756 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £2,017 (516th) | £686 (joint 367th with 1 other) | £407 (570th) | £675 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,019 (joint 237th with 1 other) | £2,727 (311th) | £2,244 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,072 (515th) | £1,068 (303rd) | £1,253 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £120,261 (597th) | £127,152 (557th) | £116,968 (574th) | £95,827 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £869 (506th). Rail £6,201 (136th). Misc £28 (220th). Other: Rail £746 (25th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,263 (487th). Rail £5,525 (163rd).