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James Arbuthnot
Conservative MP for North East Hampshire
- Also represented Wanstead and Woodford
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — 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 James Arbuthnot voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Trade and Industry, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Transport, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Export Credits Guarantee Department, UK Trade and Investment, Chinook Crash, Members: Correspondence, Aircraft Crashes
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Patents Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Bill Presented — Financial Services: Strategic Defence and Security Review (26 Jan 2012)
“With the leave of the House, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will simply do a brief analysis of what has emerged from a really good and effective debate. The right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East (Mr Brown) talked about nuclear deterrence. Personally, I give his arguments rather more credence than most of his own party do, because he was thoughtful and highly intelligent, as one would expect...”
- Bill Presented — Financial Services: Strategic Defence and Security Review (26 Jan 2012)
“I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way and particularly for the extraordinarily good work that she does on the Defence Committee, including in drawing our attention to issues such as the high north. In the comments that she just made, was she also making a comment about some of the possible implications of Scottish independence?”
- Bill Presented — Financial Services: Strategic Defence and Security Review (26 Jan 2012)
“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of progress on defence reform and the Strategic Defence and Security Review. I begin by welcoming the Secretary of State to the first full debate on defence in which he has taken part as Secretary of State. In the short couple of months in which he has been in post, he has really impressed the Defence Committee, and me. I have formed an...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75.49% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 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") 373 times in debates — above 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 (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) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,318 (188th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,809 (joint 210th with 3 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,101 (joint 110th with 1 other) |
| Office running costs | £12,315 (526th) | £17,170 (386th) | £24,808 (99th) | £19,935 | £19,096 (215th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £17,677 (425th) | £9,062 (547th) |
| Staffing costs | £92,471 (394th) | £84,145 (437th) | £83,291 (360th) | £79,913 | £72,298 (240th) | £68,025 (227th) | £53,140 (601st) | £52,343 (116th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,057 (joint 303rd with 1 other) | £12,792 (45th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,817 (511th)1 | £4,534 (493rd)2 | £4,230 (504th)3 | £3,854 | £6,701 (473rd) | £5,057 (519th) | £5,220 (518th) | £4,823 (479th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £14 (joint 415th with 1 other) | £73 (joint 390th with 2 others) | £51 (joint 410th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £18 (joint 461st with 1 other) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £492 (joint 199th with 1 other) | £327 (joint 255th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £244 (49th) | £232 (joint 61st with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,799 (joint 541st with 1 other) | £568 (450th) | £473 (541st) | £599 | £433 (542nd) | £378 (570th) | £672 (joint 481st with 1 other) | £739 (434th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,838 (403rd) | £2,362 (359th) | £2,145 | £1,308 (528th) | £694 (joint 606th with 2 others) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,430 (48th) | £1,352 (27th) | £292 | £1,859 (joint 386th with 1 other) | £1,567 (539th) | £1,567 (512th) | £1,567 (434th) | |
| Other Costs | £1,829 (68th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £146,043 (374th) | £146,192 (333rd) | £138,677 (307th) | £128,372 | £122,597 (348th) | £114,838 (423rd) | £98,016 (562nd) | £85,444 (394th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,560 (312th). Rail £1,113 (445th). Misc £144 (147th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,958 (297th). Rail £1,156 (413th). Misc £165 (133rd). Other: Rail £255 (74th).
3 Car £2,709 (345th). Rail £499 (477th). Other £197 (48th). European £825 (52nd).