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John Whittingdale
Conservative MP for Maldon

  • Also represented Maldon and East Chelmsford; Colchester South and Maldon
  • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How John Whittingdale voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
  • Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Trade and Industry, Culture Media and Sport, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Treasury

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): BBC, LNM Holdings, Unlicensed Broadcasting, Icelandic Trawlermen (Compensation), Correspondence

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Public Bill Committee: Live Music Bill [Lords]: Clause 1 - Licence review for live music entertainment (14 Dec 2011)

“May I apologise, Mr Scott, to you and members of the Committee for arriving late? I shall therefore keep my remarks brief. I just want to place on the record my full support for the Bill. Two and half years ago, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which I am proud to chair, did a report on the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003. One of our unanimous conclusions was that to encourage...”

Written Answers — Transport: Carbon Emissions: Greater London (29 Nov 2011)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations she has received supporting a delay to the application of the Euro4 emission standards in the London low emission zones from January 2012.”

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  • Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 15 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 74.19% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 363 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

1. Remunerated directorships
Audio Network plc (non-executive); an online music catalogue. Address: School Farm Studios, Little Maplestead, Halstead, Essex CO9 2SN. As a non-executive director I review monthly board papers and attend quarterly board meetings as well as occasional ad hoc meetings with the managers of the company. This consists of an estimated 8 hours work over the quarter.
28 September 2010, quarterly payment of £2,000 gross to me in my capacity as non-executive director. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 21 October 2010)
22 December 2010, quarterly payment of £2,000 gross to me in my capacity as non-executive director. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 4 January 2011)
23 March 2011, quarterly payment of £2,000 gross to me in my capacity as non-executive director. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 26 March 2011)
22 June 2011, quarterly payment of £2,000 gross to me in my capacity as non-executive director. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 25 June 2011)
28 September 2011, quarterly payment of £2,000 gross to me in my capacity as non-executive director. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 16 October 2011)
21 December 2011, quarterly payment of £2,000 gross to me in my capacity as non-executive director. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 27 December 2011)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for participation in surveys:
13 October 2010, payment of £75 for participation in a parliamentary panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 21 October 2010)
17 November 2010, payment of £75 for participation in the October parliamentary panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 9 January 2011)
10 January 2011, payment of £75 for participation in the November 2010 parliamentary panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 15 January 2011)
15 February 2011, payment of £75 for participation in January 2011 parliamentary panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 27 February 2011)
17 March 2011, payment of £75 for participation in February-March 2011 parliamentary panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 25 April 2011)
28 April 2011, payment of £75 for participation in March-April 2011 parliamentary panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 4 May 2011)
1 June 2011, payment of £75 for participation in research project regarding the advertising industry. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 16 June 2011)
13 June 2011, payment of £75 for participation in the May Parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 16 June 2011)
28 June 2011, payment of £75 for participation in the June Parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 3 September 2011)
26 July 2011, payment of £75 for participation in the July Parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 3 September 2011)
29 November 2011,  payment of £75 for participation in the November Parliamentary Panel survey. Hours: 45 mins.(Registered 11 December 2011)
20 December 2011,  payment of £75 for participation in the December Parliamentary Panel survey. Hours: 45 mins . (Registered 7 January 2012)
Payments from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY.
3 February 2011, payment of £150 for participating in an opinion research interview. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 12 February 2011)
Payments from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for participating in opinion research:
Payment of £50 received on 7 December 2010 for interview on 3 December 2010. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 21 December 2010)
Payment of £50 received on 16 December 2010 for interview in November 2010. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 23 December 2010)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: British Ukrainian Society
Address of donor: 1st Floor, 25 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7RZ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2,800
Destination of visit: Kiev, Ukraine
Date of visit: 15-18 September 2010
Purpose of visit: to meet members of the Government of Ukraine and Opposition in my capacity as Chairman of the British Ukraine All-Party Parliamentary Group
(Registered 25 October 2010)
Name of donor: Parliament of Republic of Armenia and British Armenia All-Party Parliamentary Group
Address of donor: 19 Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, 0095 Yerevan, Armenia
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): air ticket paid by All-Party Group; value £660; other costs met by Armenian Parliament; estimated value £840
Destination of visit: Yerevan, Armenia and Nagorno Karabach
Date of visit: 17-21 April 2011
Purpose of visit: to meet the President, Government Ministers, Speaker and Members of Parliament of the Republic of Armenia and of the Autonomous Republic of Nagorno Karabach
(Registered 4 May 2011)
Name of donor:
11)Maurice Bennett
12)Huawei Technologies (UK) Ltd
13)International Department, Central Committee, Communist Party of China
Address of donor:
11)Private
12)Viables 3, Jays Close, Basingstoke, Hampshire
13)4 Flixing Road, Beijing
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
11)Flight from London to Hong Kong and flight from Beijing to London; value £650
12)One night’s accommodation in Hong Kong; value £600
13)Flight from Shenzen to Guiyang, flight from Guiyang to Beijing, 6 nights accommodation and hospitality; value £1,000
Destination of visit: Hong Kong and China
Date of visit: 20-28 September 2011
Purpose of visit: to meet representatives of Huawei Technologies Ltd and representatives of the Chinese Government.
(Registered 18 October 2011)
Name of donor: British Ukrainian Society
Address of donor: 1st Floor, 25 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7RZ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,700
Destination of visit: Kiev, Ukraine
Date of visit: 8-10 December 2011
Purpose of visit: to meet members of the Government of Ukraine in my capacity as Chairman of the British Ukraine All-Party Parliamentary Group
(Registered 14 December 2011)

Register last updated: 13 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£17,828 (364th) £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) £22,020 (256th) £16,843 £19,377 (341st) £17,478 (395th) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £16,187 (147th)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£8,817 (604th) £9,255 (602nd) £16,028 (541st) £13,898 £14,340 (513th) £18,639 (374th) £17,814 (joint 409th with 1 other) £17,128 (262nd)
Staffing costs£85,711 (511th) £70,071 (610th) £68,732 (598th) £66,437 £61,819 (592nd) £61,228 (578th) £53,595 (597th) £27,574 (638th)
Communications Allowance£10,512 (152nd) £5,541 (436th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£4,592 (465th)1 £7,131 (343rd)2 £9,433 (247th)3 £8,776 £11,967 (272nd) £12,885 (216th) £13,682 (181st) £10,097 (212th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £94 £0 £88 (432nd) £0 £0
Members' Spouse Travel£124 (297th) £640 (joint 180th with 2 others) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£28 (joint 105th with 1 other) £72 (94th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,729 (joint 549th with 2 others) £482 (joint 501st with 1 other) £258 (618th) £684 £423 (548th) £461 (535th) £814 (joint 428th with 1 other) £501 (557th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,590 (447th) £0 £1,822 £778 (602nd) £727 (605th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,251 (joint 262nd with 1 other) £1,270 (56th) £0 £1,974 (joint 118th with 5 others) £1,974 (joint 111th with 5 others) £1,974 (joint 110th with 5 others) £1,974 (joint 105th with 5 others)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £9,016 (3rd)
Total£129,341 (547th) £119,116 (606th) £117,741 (572nd) £108,554 £110,678 (539th) £113,480 (joint 455th with 1 other) £107,601 (453rd) £82,477 (453rd)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,502 (228th). Rail £1,009 (455th). Misc £81 (171st).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,158 (88th). Rail £1,850 (359th). Misc £123 (147th).

3 Car £4,732 (165th). Rail £4,359 (210th). European £342 (107th).

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Other offices held in the past

  • Chairman, Culture, Media & Sport Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
  • Member, Culture, Media & Sport Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 1 Nov 2005)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Home Affairs (9 Sep 2004 to 20 May 2005)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Environment and Transport (6 Jul 2004 to 9 Sep 2004)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Environment & Transport (10 May 2004 to 6 Jul 2004)

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