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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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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Julian Brazier voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. 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 automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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)
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Abu Qatada (7 Feb 2012)
“Does my right hon. Friend accept that, in our unwritten constitution, there is a distinction between the rule of law and the tyranny of lawyers? Does she also accept that the interaction between the European Court of Human Rights and the ruling by Justice Mitting on the question of bail has created a dangerous situation in which millions of people in this country are starting to lose...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Syria (6 Feb 2012)
“A very dear friend of mine and his five-year-old son were butchered by the Assad regime in the days when it controlled Lebanon, so may I both commend everything that my right hon. Friend is doing and urge him to take a particular interest in what is going on in that country, which the Assad regime continues to try to destabilise, both through its own proxies and through Iranian ones, such as...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“Will the right hon. Gentleman answer the question put to him just now by Government Members? Does he or does he not accept that it is wrong in principle in the long term for a family to live indefinitely in an area where they could not afford to live if they were in work?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 3 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 86.77% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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") 623 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| 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).