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Julian Brazier
Conservative MP for Canterbury
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Julian Brazier voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Home Department, Defence, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Navy: Reserve Forces, Correspondence, People Trafficking, Military Equipment, Non-Domestic Rates: Ports
(based on written questions asked by Julian Brazier and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Compensation Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Adoption and Children Bill Committee (21 out of 23)
Most recent appearances
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“The right hon. Gentleman mentions immigration. Would he accept that the net migration of 2.2 million people under the Labour Government plus the large numbers of migrants who were disguised by the end of embarkation controls represent a population movement unprecedented in the modern era?”
- Reservists (23 Apr 2013)
“I congratulate my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart), including on the fact that he has the second-last ever Distinguished Service Order awarded for gallantry. I am conscious that many hon. Members—including the Minister, who I am pleased to see in his place, and the Whip, the Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Treasury, my hon. Friend the Member for...”
- Reservists (23 Apr 2013)
“I am sorry, but I am conscious that I must leave time for other Members. The national guard and the US army reserve make up more than half of the American army, and two thirds of Australian infantry battalions are in the Australian army reserve. The fact is that other countries have delivered such a change and have been able to do so. When I visited units from the national guard in...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well 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 82.86% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 21 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") 639 times in debates — well 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 | £18,917 (328th) | £15,071 (494th) | £14,698 (510th) | £12,573 | £11,692 (544th) | £12,783 (524th) | £10,586 (584th) | £10,818 (549th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,181 (387th) | £10,913 (joint 569th with 1 other) | £19,226 (420th) | £16,392 | £15,386 (478th) | £18,669 (joint 358th with 2 others) | £18,220 (joint 233rd with 4 others) | £20,003 (165th) |
| Staffing costs | £95,866 (305th) | £95,117 (53rd) | £90,603 (62nd) | £83,529 | £78,090 (58th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,052 (123rd) | £46,417 (297th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,225 (495th) | £2,840 (533rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,231 (490th)1 | £4,317 (507th)2 | £5,569 (433rd)3 | £3,046 | £5,033 (535th) | £4,767 (533rd) | £5,992 (486th) | £3,621 (535th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £97 (344th) | £257 (298th) | £57 (407th) | £24 | £255 (340th) | £295 (329th) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £325 (243rd) | £397 (joint 237th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £227 (55th) | £550 (39th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,384 (224th) | £829 (296th) | £978 (joint 289th with 1 other) | £1,079 | £696 (joint 406th with 1 other) | £873 (joint 316th with 3 others) | £1,079 (303rd) | £1,269 (236th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,450 (181st) | £3,469 (234th) | £4,106 | £3,025 (267th) | £2,847 (284th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,059 (532nd) | £1,029 (joint 372nd with 1 other) | £1,029 | £1,946 (joint 202nd with 1 other) | £1,946 (joint 197th with 1 other) | £1,946 (195th) | £1,944 (joint 192nd with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £144,453 (389th) | £134,800 (476th) | £135,629 (368th) | £121,778 | £116,123 (476th) | £113,953 (445th) | £106,875 (463rd) | £84,072 (431st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,662 (299th). Rail £304 (530th). Other: Mileage £1,178 (3rd). Rail £87 (110th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,081 (291st). Rail £207 (535th). Misc £6 (256th). Other: Mileage £1,023 (4th).
3 Car £4,054 (234th). Rail £172 (528th). European £1,343 (24th).