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Ian Taylor
Conservative MP for Esher & Walton
- Also represented Esher
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 7,727 votes. — 352nd 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 Ian Taylor voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against 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 moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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: Home Department, Work and Pensions, Health, Treasury, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): State Retirement Pensions: Widowed People, Child Support Agency, Asthma, Smallpox, Witnesses
(based on written questions asked by Ian Taylor and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Office of Communications Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Biomass: Air Pollution (17 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by what mechanisms emissions from biomass boilers will be made compliant with his Department's Air Quality Strategy.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Biomass (17 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent progress he has made on the development of sustainability indicators for biomass.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iran (22 Feb 2010) has video
“What recent assessment his Department has made of Iran's military capability; and if he will make a statement.”
More of Ian Taylor's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 49% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 86 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ian Taylor speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 521 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
Fentiman Consultants Limited; management advisory services. Address: 24 Chiswell Street (3rd Floor), London, EC1Y 4YX.
Next Fifteen Communications Group PLC (non-executive); public relations mainly for technology companies. Address: The Triangle 5-17 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 0LG. Work includes attending board dinners, making conference and other phone calls, reading Board and audit committee papers and emails.
31 July 2009, received payment of £3,250. Hours: 6hrs 30mins. (Registered 12 August 2009)
31 August 2009, received payment of £3,250. Hours: 5hrs. (Registered 17 September 2009)
30 September 2009, received payment of £3250. Hours: 4.5 hrs. (Registered 19 October 2009)
30 October 2009, received payment of £3250. Hours: 6 hrs (Registered 23 November 2009)
30 November 2009, received payment of £3250. Hours: 6.5 hrs. (Registered 17 December 2009)
31 December 2009, received payment of £3250. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 16 January 2010)
31 January 2010, received payment of £3,250. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 9 February 2010)
Avanti Communications Group plc (non-executive); supplier of satellite communications services. Address: 74 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3AY. Work includes attending board meetings, reading Board papers, emails and phone calls and other discussions.
31 July 2009, received payment of £2,083.33. Hours: 5hrs. (Registered 12 August 2009).
31 August 2009, received payment of £2,083.33. Hours: 4hrs. (Registered 17 September 2009)
30 September 2009, received payment of £2083.33. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 19 October 2009)
30 October 2009, received payment of £2083.33. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 23 November 2009)
30 November 2009, received payment of £2083.33. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 17 December 2009)
31 December 2009, received payment of £2083.33. Hours: 4.5 hrs. (Registered 16 January 2010)
31 January 2010, received payment of £2083.33. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 9 February)
3. Clients
Of Fentiman Consultants Limited:
Pegasus Global Strategic Solutions; development of emerging security technologies.
Northrop Grumman Information Technology Inc (UK); security technology systems.
Petards Group plc; supplier of security and surveillance systems.
Living PlanIT SA; developers of research cities.
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Contributions to Esher and Walton Conservative Association solicited or encouraged by me from Disraeli Club.
Name of donor: Tom Black
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two nights' accommodation and a day's shooting (value: £1200)
Date of receipt of donation: 9 December 2009
Date of acceptance of donation: 9 December 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 December 2009)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Nominet
Address of donor: Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1203: this includes travel, accommodation, food and incidental expenses.
Destination of visit: Egypt
Date of visit: 15-19 November 2009
Purpose of visit: to attend the United Nations Internet Governance Forum
(Registered 17 December 2009)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Fentiman Consultants Limited. (I hold 50% and my wife 50%).
(a) Speed-Trap Holdings Limited (formerly Speed-trap Limited), of which I am a non-executive director not taking any fees.
Register last updated: 10 Mar 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 (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 | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,630 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,217 (225th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,339 (joint 133rd with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £6,753 (626th) | £7,972 (616th) | £13,022 (581st) | £19,760 | £13,113 (551st) | £18,792 (joint 232nd with 5 others) | £18,141 (318th) | £5,660 (617th) |
| Staffing costs | £111,652 (6th) | £103,859 (4th) | £94,576 (25th) | £84,081 | £78,910 (53rd) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £53,906 (89th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,771 (373rd) | £9,994 (145th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,364 (481st)1 | £4,337 (joint 505th with 1 other)2 | £4,779 (479th)3 | £4,060 | £6,307 (487th) | £4,881 (528th) | £3,945 (561st) | £4,006 (517th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £7 (420th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £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 | £3,547 (316th) | £635 (404th) | £642 (451st) | £624 | £525 (489th) | £890 (305th) | £872 (394th) | £653 (joint 488th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,927 (381st) | £2,192 (385th) | £2,513 | £1,959 (411th) | £4,418 (140th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,156 (joint 406th with 3 others) | £949 (joint 486th with 2 others) | £351 | £1,762 (joint 485th with 1 other) | £1,762 (joint 476th with 1 other) | £1,762 (joint 452nd with 1 other) | £1,412 (498th) | |
| Other Costs | £21,401 (3rd) | £0 | £0 | £17,337 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £179,501 (18th) | £152,963 (218th) | £138,270 (314th) | £150,356 | £123,478 (317th) | £122,733 (248th) | £113,654 (308th) | £81,976 (457th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,041 (183rd). Rail £193 (543rd). Other: Rail £130 (96th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,075 (203rd). Rail £45 (569th). Other: Rail £217 (84th).
3 Car £3,850 (254th). Rail £586 (463rd). European £343 (106th).