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John Redwood
Conservative MP for Wokingham
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Redwood voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Treasury, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railtrack, Departmental Manpower, Departmental Regulation, Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings, London Underground
(based on written questions asked by John Redwood and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Traffic Management Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Syria (20 May 2013)
“What is the current balance of strength between moderate, democratic forces and undemocratic, violent, extreme forces within the opposition? We do not want to help the latter.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“I welcome the Prime Minister’s speech and the contents of the Gracious Speech. I urge my right hon. Friend to telephone the President of the United States and say that it is high time Guantanamo Bay was closed down, which we read the President is minded to do. It is a moral blot on the west that people are still there without facing trial or being released for their liberty. If there...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 83 written questions in the last year — above 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 79.41% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 24 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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") 1885 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of the Advisory Board of Intelligent Engineering Holdings Ltd, Shire House, West Common, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 7QN; a company developing a sandwich plate system for steel fabrication uses. Remunerated in part by unquoted shares in the company. No meetings of the Board are scheduled and no payments are currently being made to me.
Visiting Professorship to Middlesex University Business School, lecturing on financial subjects related to my previous career. Address: The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT.
Received £543.48 (net). Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 14 May 2012)
Received £543.58 (net). Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 5 June 2012)
Received £544.22 net. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 14 July 2012)
Received £544.22 net. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 7 August 2012)
Received £544.22 net. Hours: 16 hrs. (Registered 14 September 2012)
Received £916.67 gross. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 1 October 2012)
Received £916.67 gross for October 2012. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 2 November 2012)
Received £916.67 gross for November 2012. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2012)
Received £916.67 gross for December 2012. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 29 December 2012)
Received £916.67 gross for January 2013. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 4 March 2013)
Received £916.67 gross for February 2013. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 4 March 2013)
Received £916.67 gross for March 2013. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 4 April 2013)
Received £916.67 gross for April 2013. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
Chairman of Investment Committee of Evercore Pan-Asset Capital Management Ltd, Vestry House, Laurence Pountney, London EC4R 0EH; an investment advisory company. My duties are to write a twice weekly market review and investment report, to chair the investment committee and to make oral and written presentations.
Gross payment of £55.882.64 for April-July 2012. Hours: 98 hrs. (Registered 7 August 2012)
Gross payment of £41,911 for August-October 2012. Hours: 63 hrs. (Registered 2 November 2012)
Gross payment of £41,911 for November 2012-January 2013. Hours: 65 hrs. (Registered 6 February 2012)
Gross payment of £41,911 for February-April 2013. Hours: 76 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
Member of the Advisory Board of EPIC Private Equity, Audrey House, 16-20 Ely Place, London EC1N 6SN. (Registered 7 February 2012)
Payment of £1,250 gross for three months. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 5 June 2012)
Payment of £1,250 gross for three months. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 21 July 2012)
Payment of £2,500 gross received on 25 January 2013 for July-December 2012. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 25 January 2013)
Payment of £1,250 gross received for January-March 2013. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
Business adviser to Concentric; an independently quoted Swedish engineering company, Unit 10, Gravelly Park, Tyburn Road, Erdington, Birmingham B24 8HW:
Payment of £2,000 gross for April 2012. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 14 May 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for May 2012. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 5 June 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for June 2012. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 14 July 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for July 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 7 August 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for August 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 14 September 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for September 2012. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 1 October 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for October 2012. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 2 November 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for November 2012. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for December 2012. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 29 December 2012)
Payment of £2,000 gross for January 2013. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 4 March 2013)
Payment of £2,000 gross for February 2013. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 4 March 2013)
Payment of £2,000 gross for March 2013. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 4 April 2013)
Payment of £2,000 gross for April 2013. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
Payments for articles in The Express and Sunday Express, Express Newspapers, The Northern & Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN:
Payment of £1,000 for article for The Express. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 14 September 2012)
Payment of £1,000 for article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 2 December 2012)
Payment of £400 for article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 1 May 2013)
Payments from The Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT:
Payment of £200 for an article. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 10 February 2013)
Payment of £130 for appearing on ‘Any Questions’, November 2012. Hours: 50 mins. (Registered 5 December 2012)
Payment of £90 Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 21 July 2012)
Payment of £5,000 gross for a speech, question session and dinner for Dun and Bradstreet, Marlow International, Parkway, Marlow SL7 1AJ. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 14 October 2012)
Payment of £800 for article in The Sun, 3 Thomas More Square, London E98 1XY, on 28 December 2012. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 27 December 2012)
Payment of £500 for article in The Times News International Trading, PO Box 151 Peterborough PE 7 8YT. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 21 January 2013)
Payment from Celebrity Speakers, 90 High St Burnham, SL1 7JT:
Payment of £5,000, for an evening speech and dinner for Simmonds and Simmonds, CityPoint, One Ropemaker St, London EC2Y 95S. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
8. Land and Property
Part interest in a leasehold flat in central London.
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Evercore Pan-Asset Capital Management Ltd; investment advisory business.
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 | £19,931 (287th) | £22,729 (246th) | £21,301 (321st) | £21,634 | £13,305 (517th) | £12,199 (533rd) | £16,082 (494th) | £12,115 (516th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £8,562 (606th) | £10,427 (584th) | £18,659 (446th) | £19,177 | £18,490 (313th) | £18,597 (386th) | £13,248 (581st) | £14,723 (361st) |
| Staffing costs | £55,490 (635th) | £55,616 (636th) | £59,111 (634th) | £65,506 | £65,404 (535th) | £70,279 (174th) | £59,875 (528th) | £39,926 (516th) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,660 (460th) | £9,686 (joint 207th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,649 (559th)1 | £3,911 (519th)2 | £3,967 (523rd)3 | £3,857 | £6,064 (496th) | £5,221 (512th) | £5,340 (509th) | £4,190 (508th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £82 (joint 385th with 1 other) | £218 | £520 (274th) | £368 (302nd) | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £1,337 (591st) | £457 (518th) | £396 (joint 573rd with 1 other) | £929 | £626 (441st) | £679 (416th) | £547 (550th) | £300 (joint 613th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,841 (402nd) | £1,343 (531st) | £4,122 | £1,471 (joint 495th with 1 other) | £2,488 (330th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,250 (joint 264th with 3 others) | £1,069 (302nd) | £719 | £1,713 (joint 508th with 1 other) | £1,701 (506th) | £1,701 (478th) | £1,293 (joint 517th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £93,629 (636th) | £105,917 (627th) | £105,928 (616th) | £116,162 | £107,593 (573rd) | £111,532 (493rd) | £96,793 (574th) | £72,547 (572nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,649 (302nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,911 (224th).