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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
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Thurso voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. 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 for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. 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)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (8 out of 21)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Traffic Management Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- School Transport Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Shares: Fraud (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the use of shareholders' details obtained from companies under sections 116 to 120 of the Companies Act 2006 by people engaged in boiler room fraud.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Disclosure of Information (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) whether his Department supports the European proposal for extractives companies to disclose financial information on a project-by-project basis; and whether it has a preferred definition of “project” for the purpose of this legislation; (2) whether his Department supports the European proposals for greater...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 29 written questions in the last year — 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 73.32% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 182 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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 | £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).