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James Gray
Conservative MP for North Wiltshire
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How James Gray voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. 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 equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Health, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): RAF Lyneham, Hospitality, Horse Passports, Inland Revenue, RAF Bases
(based on written questions asked by James Gray and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Justice and Security Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Chairman, Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, PARTNERSHIPS (PROSECUTION) (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Chairman, Financial Services Bill Committee (3 out of 18)
- Chairman, Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Welfare Reform Bill Committee (15 out of 26)
- Chairman, Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
- Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of 31)
- Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Export Control Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
- Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Rating (Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Offending by Probationers (21 May 2013)
“Does the Secretary of State agree that one way of maintaining continuity in the records of ex-offenders under his new regime would be to welcome in-house spin-offs such as those being proposed in Wiltshire? These would involve the existing probation service becoming a separate and private individual organisation.”
- Written Answers — Justice: Probation (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what assessment he has made of the cost of introducing competition to probation services under his plans for transferring rehabilitation; (2) what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of moving probation cases from the Probation Trust to a private sector provider on an occasion when the assessed risk of particular cases changes.”
- Written Answers — Justice: Probation: Wiltshire (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of local initiatives for the provision of probation services including the formation of a staff spin-off mutual by Wiltshire Probation Trust.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 68 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 37 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 79.16% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 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") 671 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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) | £22,090 (joint 217th with 2 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,231 (joint 220th with 1 other) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,738 (joint 236th with 8 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,323 (253rd) | £15,192 (462nd) | £21,202 (225th) | £19,631 | £18,910 (252nd) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £17,799 (411th) | £12,376 (452nd) |
| Staffing costs | £100,533 (146th) | £79,509 (537th) | £84,969 (297th) | £84,019 | £73,964 (196th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £67,404 (joint 154th with 7 others) | £52,179 (121st) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,715 (106th) | £9,368 (246th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,607 (217th)1 | £6,772 (362nd)2 | £6,354 (378th)3 | £7,735 | £13,424 (201st) | £10,961 (288th) | £12,158 (242nd) | £7,480 (347th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £155 (312th) | £0 | £298 (joint 278th with 2 others) | £897 | £485 (joint 281st with 1 other) | £116 (412th) | £544 (246th) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £862 (27th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,434 (221st) | £752 (joint 338th with 2 others) | £990 (283rd) | £1,081 | £1,197 (237th) | £1,369 (147th) | £1,573 (150th) | £805 (joint 405th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,806 (258th) | £3,404 (238th) | £2,816 | £3,558 (214th) | £5,241 (108th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,184 (joint 349th with 1 other) | £983 (joint 441st with 2 others) | £983 | £1,974 (joint 118th with 5 others) | £1,974 (joint 111th with 5 others) | £1,974 (joint 110th with 5 others) | £1,974 (joint 105th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £169,773 (77th) | £139,528 (415th) | £140,290 (279th) | £138,796 | £134,414 (119th) | £130,464 (110th) | £121,174 (142nd) | £90,552 (278th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,001 (188th). Rail £5,502 (163rd). Misc £104 (160th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,849 (405th). Rail £4,923 (186th).