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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 a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. 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
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cancer (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) incidence, (b) mortality and (c) survival rates are for (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) low-grade cancers of the brain and central nervous system.”
- Defence Budget and Transformation (14 May 2012)
“The proof of this pudding will be in the eating, but I would suggest that the House should give it a wary welcome. At least we have now moved away from the position that existed at the end of the last Government, when the then Prime Minister said that there was to be no bad news and no new money. Does my right hon. Friend feel that we are really giving enough priority to defence research? The...”
- Business of the House: Carrier Strike Capability (10 May 2012)
“To make an announcement like this takes real courage and I commend the Secretary of State, and the Prime Minister, for making what I agree with the former Secretary of State is the right decision. Is my right hon. Friend able to say how much it would have cost to have converted the second carrier to cats and traps, because was there not a real risk that we would end up with a carrier that we...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 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 74.82% 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).