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Jeremy Wright

Conservative MP for Rugby & Kenilworth

  • Whip, Whips (since 6 Jul 2007)
  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
  • Majority: 1,556 votes. — 591st out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jeremy Wright voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for 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 against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted very 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

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Health, Home Department, Transport, Deputy Prime Minister, Treasury

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Medical Records: Databases, High Hedges, Incapacity Benefit, NHS Direct, Combined Heat and Power

(based on written questions asked by Jeremy Wright and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Business of the House: High Speed Rail (11 Mar 2010)

“Will the Minister of State reassure us that the consultation process on the line of route will not be just for show, but will be a genuine and open consultation process, allowing for the prospect that the route can be changed? In particular, will he take account of the sensitivities involved, for example, in what happens to narrow belts of green-belt land between urban areas such as between...”

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Combined Heat and Power (5 Mar 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects to make an announcement on the feed-in tariff rate for micro-combined heat and power.”

More of Jeremy Wright's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below 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 70% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 86 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jeremy Wright speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 90 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Barrister, specialising in criminal law, member of No. 5 Chambers, Birmingham. Not currently practising, but receiving some fees for past work.

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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
Staying away from main home£20,540 (258th) £20,409 (374th) £20,593 (367th) £19,336        
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
Office running costs£20,815 (182nd) £17,217 (384th) £23,671 (134th) £25,081        
Staffing costs£78,058 (586th) £80,427 (526th) £81,929 (400th) £73,325        
Communications Allowance£6,231 (433rd) £8,206 (319th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£5,205 (436th)1 £5,500 (437th)2 £7,056 (339th)3 £5,472        
Members' Staff Travel£204 (279th) £153 (346th) £0 £327        
Members' Spouse Travel£189 (283rd) £116 (joint 318th with 1 other) 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£2,399 (457th) £859 (285th) £835 (joint 345th with 2 others) £867        
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,554 (455th) £1,042 (579th) £1,718 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,163 (joint 391st with 3 others) £1,218 (92nd) £1,082        
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
Total£133,640 (514th) £135,604 (467th) £136,344 (354th) £127,208        

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,894 (384th). Rail £3,176 (275th). Misc £135 (152nd).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,251 (370th). Rail £3,239 (274th). Misc £10 (251st).

3 Car £2,321 (388th). Rail £4,735 (190th).