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James Clappison
Conservative MP for Hertsmere
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — 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 Clappison voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Education and Skills, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): New Deal, Employment, Jobcentre Plus, Immigration, Higher Education: Admissions
(based on written questions asked by James Clappison and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (13 out of 21)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (12 out of 15)
- Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (27 out of 32)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Palestinians (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he had with representatives of the Palestinian Authority on payments made to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons in the last 12 months.”
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
“Does it not follow that the time for the British people to be given their say is long overdue and that we should give them every assurance that they should have that say?”
- Written Answers — Health: Cancer: Clinical Commissioning Groups (15 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he plans to take to support clinical commissioning groups to improve the experience of cancer patients in their area; (2) what steps he is taking to address variations of care reported in the National Cancer Patient Experience survey.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 23 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 69.82% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 754 times in debates — well 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 | £9,310 (523rd) | £15,916 (480th) | £12,161 (536th) | £12,376 | £10,656 (561st) | £13,517 (504th) | £19,092 (360th) | £14,174 (joint 426th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,352 (457th) | £13,908 (494th) | £21,179 (228th) | £14,210 | £1,202 (658th) | £18,021 (459th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £5,315 (618th) |
| Staffing costs | £102,895 (87th) | £96,998 (43rd) | £85,234 (288th) | £84,676 | £79,638 (47th) | £66,420 (398th) | £64,822 (319th) | £48,769 (226th) |
| Communications Allowance | £12,459 (72nd) | £9,104 (273rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,638 (309th)1 | £8,185 (290th)2 | £8,519 (287th)3 | £6,780 | £8,198 (414th) | £8,690 (377th) | £9,249 (362nd) | £5,603 (441st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £544 (190th) | £877 (136th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £114 (74th) | £256 (56th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £819 (625th) | £828 (297th) | £249 (622nd) | £389 | £0 | £194 (627th) | £300 (615th) | £327 (609th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,248 (336th) | £637 (612th) | £1,754 | £0 | £280 (joint 642nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,178 (joint 364th with 1 other) | £1,059 (joint 318th with 1 other) | £1,560 | £1,560 (joint 557th with 1 other) | £1,265 (623rd) | £1,265 (601st) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £148,131 (350th) | £149,498 (276th) | £129,038 (469th) | £121,745 | £101,254 (612th) | £108,387 (533rd) | £112,962 (327th) | £74,188 (556th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,764 (394th). Rail £5,874 (147th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,445 (469th). Rail £6,456 (134th). Air £284 (135th).
3 Car £1,771 (446th). Rail £4,990 (173rd). Air £1,626 (103rd). European £132 (123rd).