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Jeremy Hunt
Conservative MP for South West Surrey
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Culture, Media and Sport (since 8 Sep 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 5,711 votes. — 455th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jeremy Hunt voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Work and Pensions, Children, Schools and Families, Health, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Information Officers, Tourism, Departmental Plants, National Lottery, Departmental Staff
(based on written questions asked by Jeremy Hunt and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Marketing (18 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on branded (a) stationery and (b) other products in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will list the branded items.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: National Heritage Memorial Fund (15 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the proposed 50 per cent. reduction in the budget of the National Heritage Memorial Fund on the operation of the Fund.”
- Written Answers — Health: Blood: Contamination (12 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of implementing Lord Archer's recommendations on compensation to those affected by NHS-supplied contaminated blood.”
More of Jeremy Hunt's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 259 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 56% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 141 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jeremy Hunt speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 102 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
From July to December 2009 I receive £1,000 per month from Hotcourses for 2 hours of work of an advisory nature per week. Address: 150-152, King Street, London W6 0QU
31 July 2009, payment of £1000 (net £594.76). Hours worked: 8 (Registered 27 August 2009)
31 August 2009, payment of £1000 (net £594.76). Hours worked: 8 (Registered 27 August 2009)
30 September 2009, payment of £1000 (net £594.76). Hours worked: 8 (Registered 30 September 2009)
30 October 2009, received payment of £1000 (net £594.76). Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2009)
30 November 2009, payment of £1000 (net £594.76). Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 30 November 2009)
23 December 2009, payment of £1000 (net £594.76). Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 5 January 2010)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Financial support for my office costs from:
Hotcourses Ltd; an educational publisher.
Mr John Lewis, Dorset (personal donation)
Name of donor: Miss Daisy Lewis
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000
Date of receipt: 22 September 2009
Date of acceptance: 22 September 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 September 2009)
Name of donor: Mr Richard Lascelles
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000
Date of receipt: 10 September 2009
Date of acceptance: 10 September 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 September 2009)
Name of donor: Mr John Littlewood
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Donations to my constituency party: £500 received on 18 March 2009 and £1000 received on 10 December 2009.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 December 2009)
Name of donor: Peter Hall
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 February 2010)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
The FA provide me with tickets and hospitality at various football matches.
24 March 2009, helicopter travel from London to Bristol provided by Lord Ashcroft. (Registered 31 March 2009)
8 February 2009, one ticket for BAFTA Awards, as guest of Pinewood. (Registered 19 May 2009)
18 February 2009, two tickets for Brit Awards, as guests of BPI. (Registered 19 May 2009)
21 March 2009, one ticket for England v Scotland rugby match at Twickenham, as guest of RBS. (Registered 19 May 2009)
18 June 2009 two tickets to a gala performance of la Traviata at the Royal Opera House, as guests of the Royal Opera House. (Registered 25 June 2009)
Name of donor: Mr John Lewis
Address of donor : private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: ticket for me to attend the Conservative Party's Summer Party on 17 June 2009. Payment for ticket, to value of £800, made directly to the Conservative Party.
Date of receipt of donation: 17 June 20009
Date of acceptance of donation: 17 June 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 July 2009)
Name of donor: British Airways plc
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: free upgrade to business class on a personal trip coming back from Baltimore, USA. Value: £2544 (based on average ticket prices)
Date of receipt of donation: 22 November 2009
Date of acceptance of donation: 22 November 2009
Donor status: company, registration number 01777777
(Registered 27 November 2009)
Name of donor: Hugh Harper
Address of donor : private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: my wife and I received two tickets to the Conservative Party's general election fundraising dinner (value: £700).
Date of receipt of donation: 1 February 2010
Date of acceptance of donation: 1 February 2010
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 February 2010)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: John Lewis
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £4086.47 (flights and accommodation for two people). The money came from a donation that has already been declared—see Category 4 above.
Destination of visit: New York, USA.
Date of visit: 30 August to 4 September 2009
Purpose of visit: to look into local media ventures. Meetings with representatives of News Corp (including Wall Street Journal), Fox Five and WNET.
(Registered 27 November 2009)
Name of donor:
(1) Huntsworth plc
(2) John Lewis
Address of donor:
(1) Huntsworth plc, 15-17 Huntsworth Mews, London NW1 6DD.
(2) private
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
(1) Flight from Singapore to London and 3 nights in a hotel (£1837.27)
(2) Flights from London to South Korea to Singapore and hotel accommodation (£1086.37). Funded by a previously-declared donation (see category 4 above).
Destination of visit: South Korea and Singapore
Date of visit: 6-12 January 2010
Purpose of visit: meetings related to my front-bench role with various Singaporean and Korean agencies, including those covering telecommunications, media, arts, heritage and tourism.
(Registered 1 February 2010)
8. Land and Property
House in Farnham.
Half-share of holiday house in Italy.
Register last updated: 10 Mar 2010. 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £9,891 (513th) | £11,610 (540th) | £12,173 (535th) | £13,916 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £16,916 (360th) | £14,191 (487th) | £20,175 (350th) | £20,000 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £84,422 (527th) | £83,445 (458th) | £83,578 (352nd) | £76,676 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £9,278 (293rd) | £10,668 (90th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,780 (513th)1 | £5,887 (407th)2 | £4,579 (485th)3 | £3,047 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £434 (177th) | £442 (joint 227th with 1 other) | £418 (244th) | £37 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,019 (606th) | £204 (joint 623rd with 1 other) | £1,011 (276th) | £1,364 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £407 (627th) | £3,275 (joint 252nd with 1 other) | £3,410 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,337 (joint 140th with 1 other) | £1,240 (joint 72nd with 2 others) | £1,240 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £125,739 (568th) | £128,191 (548th) | £126,449 (504th) | £119,690 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,386 (325th). Rail £1,008 (456th). Misc £4 (257th). Other: Rail £382 (55th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,604 (247th). Rail £289 (522nd). Misc £28 (215th). Other: Mileage £20 (84th). Rail £1,020 (18th). Air £296 (25th). European £630 (88th).
3 Car £2,894 (331st). 3rd party £656 (17th). Rail £252 (511th). Air £777 (125th).