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John Pugh
Liberal Democrat MP for Southport
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Pugh voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Transport, Home Department, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mental Health, Departmental Buildings, Information Technology, Absenteeism, Saudi Arabia
(based on written questions asked by John Pugh and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (2 out of 4)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 18)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Bill Committee (4 out of 9)
- Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 24)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Banking Bill Committee (11 out of 17)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (11 out of 18)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (1 out of 9)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
- Education Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (5 out of 11)
- School Transport Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
- Local Government Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
- Enterprise Bill Committee (11 out of 19)
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 16)
Most recent appearances
- The High Street — [Philip Davies in the Chair] (21 May 2013)
“I congratulate the hon. Member for Rochdale (Simon Danczuk)on having introduced the debate with his usual cheery optimism, in a slightly more partisan way than he needed to. I must apologise to you, Mr Davies, because I am moonlighting from the Finance Bill and might have to return there before the final summing up. I have another colleague here in a similar situation—the Whips should...”
- The High Street — [Philip Davies in the Chair] (21 May 2013)
“Totally. Out-of-town shopping centres have a duty to the town that they are outside, and with which they are often not engaged. I understand that, during the pre-Budget negotiations, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills thought it reasonable to investigate whether something might be done about retail business rates, but that the difficulty is how to advantage the people we want...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: A and E Departments (21 May 2013)
“Better co-ordination of ambulance trusts and A and E departments is essential, but it will not happen by accident. Are we not now missing the strategic health authorities, given that ambulances are being sent to units already working at full capacity?”
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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 69 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 74.74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 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") 461 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £23,970 (66th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £21,335 (319th) | £21,634 | £19,326 (345th) | £18,333 (357th) | £17,421 (453rd) | £16,241 (143rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £15,617 (408th) | £18,088 (joint 342nd with 1 other) | £19,531 (403rd) | £16,156 | £15,617 (464th) | £18,731 (322nd) | £18,214 (joint 251st with 1 other) | £34,748 (16th) |
| Staffing costs | £92,140 (406th) | £77,412 (562nd) | £73,838 (571st) | £80,871 | £74,012 (192nd) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,276 (joint 283rd with 2 others) | £37,658 (554th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,931 (369th) | £6,809 (381st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,069 (536th)1 | £3,396 (540th)2 | £3,167 (551st)3 | £4,678 | £6,011 (499th) | £6,228 (476th) | £8,480 (398th) | £7,553 (343rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £572 (140th) | £494 (joint 211th with 1 other) | £510 (219th) | £407 | £380 (304th) | £1,150 (139th) | £611 (233rd) | £2,061 (35th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £931 (128th) | £846 (143rd) | 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 | £2,690 (joint 416th with 1 other) | £654 (joint 392nd with 2 others) | £684 (joint 422nd with 1 other) | £560 | £1,227 (joint 226th with 1 other) | £806 (joint 354th with 1 other) | £630 (505th) | £614 (504th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,431 (484th) | £1,735 (455th) | £1,740 | £2,385 (joint 349th with 1 other) | £2,366 (joint 346th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,142 (joint 426th with 2 others) | £1,115 (joint 227th with 3 others) | £180 | £1,797 (458th) | £1,797 (450th) | £1,797 (430th) | £1,797 (379th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,001 (52nd) | £0 |
| Total | £146,920 (361st) | £133,355 (493rd) | £121,915 (538th) | £126,226 | £120,755 (384th) | £117,434 (366th) | £114,430 (293rd) | £100,672 (86th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,212 (468th). Rail £1,852 (366th). Misc £5 (250th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £872 (534th). Rail £2,422 (327th). Other: Rail £102 (114th).