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Jeremy Wright

Conservative MP for Rugby & Kenilworth

• Whip, Whips (since 6 Jul 2007)



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• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 1,556 votes. — 591st out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
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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

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

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, NHS: Ict

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Further Education and Training Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Fraud Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Bill Presented: Carers (11 Jun 2009) has video

“It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Upminster (Angela Watkinson) and I substantially agree with many of her points. Indeed, I agree with a great deal of what all contributors to the debate have said—including the Minister, who opened it and whom I am delighted to see still in his place. He knows better than most that this policy area requires consistency of...”

Bill Presented: Carers (11 Jun 2009) has video

“I entirely agree, and I think that the lady my hon. Friend describes is one of those whom we should try harder to reach and offer the sort of support that we all want carers to receive.”

Bill Presented: Carers (11 Jun 2009) has video

“I entirely agree; the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. That is why, as I said, I was encouraged by what the Minister told us about opportunities to train those who are professionals to understand how to help those who are not professionals but who are still making a substantial contribution to the care of people we are most concerned to look after. It seems to me that this is more than a...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 12 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 very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 84 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

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

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