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John Thurso
Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Thurso voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Work and Pensions, Scotland, Treasury, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways, Parliamentary Questions, Departmental ICT, Civil Servants (Relocation), Tax Credits
(based on written questions asked by John Thurso and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (8 out of 21)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- School Transport Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Traffic Management Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Security (21 May 2012)
“Many staff work part-time, ‘hot desk' in offices or have roles which do not require office accommodation. The numbers located permanently in each building in the Commons part of the Parliamentary Estate have therefore been based on the available desk spaces. The number of desks available in each building is shown in the following table. Summary deskcount across House Of Commons...”
- Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Carbon Emissions (14 May 2012)
“In the 12 months to the end of March 2012, 18,755 tonnes of carbon dioxide was emitted due to energy use on the parliamentary estate. Of this figure, 4,884 tonnes of carbon dioxide were emitted from the use of natural gas on the estate, with the remainder emitted as a result of electricity generation. The Houses have jointly set a target to reduce absolute carbon emissions, and the level of...”
- Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Energy (14 May 2012)
“The amount spent to heat and light the Commons estate in the past two financial years was: £000 2010-11 2011-12 Gas 561.5 517.5 Electricity 2,342.4 2,433.2 The reason for the differences between the two years is mainly due to changes in tariffs.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 20 written questions in the last year — below 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 71.35% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 187 times in debates — 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 | £21,633 (218th) | £21,448 (318th) | £20,508 (369th) | £18,045 | £18,296 (387th) | £18,512 (347th) | £19,192 (349th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £13,013 (500th) | £5,093 (638th) | £17,371 (501st) | £15,221 | £18,825 (270th) | £17,867 (475th) | £14,667 (559th) | £10,260 (517th) |
| Staffing costs | £93,990 (360th) | £74,874 (585th) | £68,268 (602nd) | £64,934 | £74,707 (151st) | £71,612 (140th) | £55,946 (579th) | £41,980 (470th) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,035 (128th) | £5,598 (429th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £27,631 (4th)1 | £25,137 (5th)2 | £23,772 (7th)3 | £22,357 | £28,182 (10th) | £23,622 (28th) | £24,774 (18th) | £19,352 (21st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,729 (31st) | £1,560 (42nd) | £0 | £1,087 | £882 (203rd) | £1,393 (113th) | £730 (205th) | £721 (182nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £4,358 (8th) | £4,486 (8th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £960 (18th) | £1,951 (12th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,613 (213th) | £553 (461st) | £788 (joint 367th with 2 others) | £720 | £751 (joint 379th with 2 others) | £645 (joint 436th with 1 other) | £1,041 (joint 314th with 1 other) | £1,143 (281st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,336 (320th) | £2,715 (312th) | £2,293 | £2,014 (joint 404th with 1 other) | £1,948 (422nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,287 (211th) | £1,170 (joint 145th with 1 other) | £560 | £1,609 (541st) | £1,186 (629th) | £1,186 (608th) | £1,186 (526th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £178,689 (22nd) | £144,323 (363rd) | £134,592 (joint 384th with 1 other) | £125,217 | £145,266 (43rd) | £136,785 (53rd) | £117,536 (221st) | £92,651 (219th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,624 (55th). Rail £4,226 (227th). Air £17,781 (4th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,121 (96th). Rail £3,595 (257th). Air £15,681 (7th). Other: European £740 (79th).
3 Car £798 (548th). 3rd party £3,337 (4th). Rail £1,396 (391st). Air £18,241 (5th).