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Greg Knight

Conservative MP for East Yorkshire

• Also represented Derby North

• Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
• Majority: 6,283 votes. — 417th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Greg Knight voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on 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

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (since 10 Aug 2009)
• Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (since 18 Mar 2009)
• Chairman, Procedure Committee (since 3 Aug 2006)
• Member, Liaison Committee (since 3 Aug 2006)
• Member, Administration Committee (since 16 May 2006)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Transport, Home Department, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prisons, Motorways, M1, Prison Service, Railways

(based on written questions asked by Greg Knight and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Local Transport Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Traffic Management Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Transport: M42: Cameras (10 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many fixed cameras are in use on the M42 motorway; for what purposes such cameras are used; and for what reason this number of cameras is deemed necessary.”

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Fraud (10 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the monetary cost to her Department has been of implementing voice risk analysis technology for the detection of benefit fraud in each year since its introduction.”

Written Answers — Transport: A1: Speed Limits (9 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport for what reason a temporary 50 mph speed limit has been introduced on the A1 at Wyboston at times when no road works are taking place and no lanes are coned off; on what date the temporary speed limit was introduced; what the reason is for the duration of the restriction; for what reasons the limit has been in place for several weeks; and...”

More of Greg Knight's recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 223 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 6 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 64% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 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.
• 57 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Greg Knight speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 364 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,114 (19th). Rail £4,044 (234th).

^** Car £7,333 (22nd). Rail £3,303 (246th). European £1,280 (28th).