This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.

Greg Clark
Conservative MP for Tunbridge Wells
- Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Energy and Climate Change (since 7 Oct 2008)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 9,988 votes. — 214th out of 643 MPs.
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Email me whenever Greg Clark speaks (no more than once per day)
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Greg Clark
- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Greg Clark voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Duchy of Lancaster, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Energy, Warm Front Scheme, Departmental Buildings, Departmental Carbon Emissions, Consultants
(based on written questions asked by Greg Clark and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Energy Security (13 Jan 2010) has video
“The hon. Gentleman makes a serious allegation when he suggests that these were false statistics. That is clearly not the case. The statistics that we issued were taken straight from the National Grid Company, and they show what we said clearly-I have the press release here-which is that "At today's level of gas demand, our storage level equates to...8.1 days." It pointed out the actual demand...”
- Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Energy Security (13 Jan 2010) has video
“The hon. Gentleman has quoted various people, but he has not been able to produce a single quotation proving that I implied or stated that the gas supply of any residential customer was likely to be cut off. I mentioned the Engineering Employers Federation, which said that the supplies of some of its members had been cut off. He should bear in mind what was said about the situation by his...”
- Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Energy Security (13 Jan 2010) has video
“rose-”
More of Greg Clark's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 395 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- 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 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 129 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Greg Clark speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 157 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
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 | £3,000 (573rd) | £23,000 (joint 192nd with 2 others) | £22,060 (joint 237th with 2 others) | £19,726 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £7,409 (618th) | £5,221 (637th) | £16,773 (518th) | £19,863 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £114,909 (1st) | £94,003 (80th) | £88,257 (108th) | £83,775 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £5,949 (450th) | £3,251 (521st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,303 (527th)3 | £2,607 (562nd)2 | £2,735 (566th)1 | £1,672 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £531 (192nd) | £269 (274th) | 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 | £3,006 (373rd) | £788 (318th) | £655 (439th) | £1,199 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,526 (461st) | £1,553 (487th) | £3,903 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,089 (joint 503rd with 1 other) | £1,089 (joint 269th with 4 others) | £1,089 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £138,108 (477th) | £131,754 (512th) | £133,122 (415th) | £131,227 |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £690 (543rd). Rail £1,816 (363rd). Misc £1 (263rd). Other: Mileage £32 (79th). Rail £68 (135th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £505 (539th). Rail £1,715 (379th). Other: Rail £1,083 (16th).
1 Car £581 (562nd). 3rd party £495 (20th). Rail £1,659 (363rd).
