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James Clappison
Conservative MP for Hertsmere
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How James Clappison voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. 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, Written Questions
(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)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (13 out of 21)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (12 out of 15)
- Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- 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 — Home Department: Entry Clearances: Foreign Workers (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permit intracompany transfers were granted in respect of each (a) nationality and (b) occupation in each of the last three years for which figures are available.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 60 written questions in the last year — above 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 73.75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 726 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member of Lloyd's. (Resigned 31 December 1994.)
Categories of business underwritten for open years: All.
8. Land and Property
27 acres of farmland, and a cricket pitch let out on a peppercorn rent, in Patrington, East Yorkshire, from which rental income is received.
26 rented houses in East Yorkshire, five of which are registered in joint name with my wife.
11. Miscellaneous
Barrister, not undertaking work.
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 | £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).