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Iain Duncan Smith
Conservative MP for Chingford and Woodford Green
- Also represented Chingford
- Secretary of State, Work and Pensions (since 12 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Iain Duncan Smith voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Justice, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Secondments, Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments, Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Departmental Secondments, Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection
(based on written questions asked by Iain Duncan Smith and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“Far be it for me to suggest an answer, but the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Mr Byrne) might like to reflect on the fact that his party did not vote on the programme motion.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the biggest problems in these debates about welfare is that contributions from the other side, with the exception of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr Field), are characterised by massive scaremongering about every single change? That has been reprehensible.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 79.36% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 24 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 800 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Buck’s Club 1919
Address of donor : 18 Clifford Street, London W15 3RF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: honorary life membership; value £1,320 per annum
Date of receipt of donation: January 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: January 2011
Donor status: private members’ club
(Registered 15 February 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis (FAES)
Address of donor: c/Maria de Molina, 40, 6th floor, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Return flight to Madrid, accommodation for one night in Madrid and car, costing £1,055
Destination of visit: Madrid
Date of visit: 30 June 2011 and 1 July 2011
Purpose of visit: to give a keynote speech, at the invitation of the Spanish government, at the opening of the international section of the FAES campus.
(Registered 14 September 2011)
Name of donor: (1) The Menzies Centre; (2) The Maxim Institute
Address of donor (1) PO Box 6091, Kingston, ACT 2604, New Zealand; (2) 29 Cape Horn Road, Hillsborough, Auckland, Australia
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) accommodation, food and car hire valued at £947.77 in total; (2) Return flights from London to New Zealand to Australia and accommodation valued at £3491.70 in total
Destination of visit: Australia and New Zealand
Date of visit: 19 to 29 July 2011
Purpose of visit: I was invited by the Liberal Party of Australia to give the John Howard Lecture and in New Zealand to look at its welfare programme
(Registered 10 October 2011 )
9. Shareholdings
(b) Share options held in nlyte Software Ltd. No dividend received.
(b) Share options held in Byotrol plc, a hygiene technology company. Options cannot be exercised before 23 June 2011. No dividend received.
Register last updated: 30 Jan 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 | £0 | £0 | £566 (588th) | £1,528 | £855 (608th) | £9,100 (578th) | £15,740 (joint 505th with 1 other) | £13,620 (466th) |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £940 (118th) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £829 (113th) |
| Office running costs | £15,807 (402nd) | £16,641 (410th) | £15,950 (543rd) | £17,463 | £21,847 (3rd) | £13,307 (600th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £12,344 (453rd) |
| Staffing costs | £71,628 (610th) | £78,983 (545th) | £79,091 (471st) | £79,980 | £85,699 (13th) | £70,304 (173rd) | £72,243 (32nd) | £54,676 (77th) |
| Communications Allowance | £2,595 (542nd) | £6,593 (391st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,112 (535th)1 | £4,905 (473rd)2 | £5,594 (431st)3 | £4,959 | £4,146 (562nd) | £1,909 (617th) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £52 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £408 (joint 218th with 1 other) | £129 (316th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £10 (111th) | £18 (113th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,601 (568th) | £276 (597th) | £296 (joint 607th with 1 other) | £427 | £797 (362nd) | £1,957 (74th) | £3,701 (16th) | £3,145 (16th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,291 (joint 510th with 1 other) | £1,616 (475th) | £1,667 | £1,656 (469th) | £4,783 (126th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,257 (joint 253rd with 2 others) | £1,226 (joint 88th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,922 (joint 263rd with 2 others) | £1,922 (joint 259th with 2 others) | £1,922 (joint 253rd with 2 others) | £1,922 (joint 240th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £98,077 (632nd) | £112,905 (618th) | £104,339 (621st) | £106,076 | £116,922 (463rd) | £104,222 (568th) | £113,367 (318th) | £86,536 (373rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £2,807 (293rd). Other: Air £305 (18th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,054 (387th). Rail £2,816 (306th). Other: Rail £35 (166th).