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Keith Simpson
Conservative MP for Broadland
- Also represented Mid Norfolk
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Keith Simpson voted on key issues since 2001:
- 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 a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence, International Development, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Sudan: Peacekeeping Operations, Iran, Iraq, Sudan: Peace Negotiations, Afghanistan
(based on written questions asked by Keith Simpson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Vehicles (Crime) Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
- Private Security Industry Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Hunting Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
- International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- [Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] — First World War Commemoration (11 Jun 2013)
“It is a great pleasure, Mrs Riordan, to serve under your chairmanship. We are witnessing today a strange reversal of life, in that I am doing a presentation to the Minister, whom I taught some 20 years ago when he was an officer cadet. It will be interesting to see whether he is as critical of me as I perhaps was of him. May I begin by declaring three interests—not pecuniary...”
- [Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] — First World War Commemoration (11 Jun 2013)
“With the greatest of respect to the hon. Gentleman, I am not here to debate that. It may well be that at some later date we will have a full-scale debate about commemorating the first world war, either through the Backbench Business Committee or in Government time. I am merely giving two interpretations, and I happen to believe that one of them is correct. My purpose in introducing this short...”
- [Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] — First World War Commemoration (11 Jun 2013)
“The trust does some very good work indeed, and I will come back to it in a minute. We must take a sensitive and sophisticated approach to the issue. This is about not just the United Kingdom Government and Parliament here, but the devolved Parliament in Scotland, the devolved Assembly in Wales and the devolved Parliament in Northern Ireland. We also have to take into account the Commonwealth,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — well below 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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.47% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — below 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") 268 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £21,768 (211th) | £22,076 (290th) | £20,443 (372nd) | £20,116 | £18,256 (391st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £18,797 (381st) | £17,066 (81st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £21,985 (125th) | £20,123 (236th) | £20,603 (272nd) | £19,365 | £18,755 (281st) | £18,756 (joint 302nd with 2 others) | £15,650 (533rd) | £15,113 (344th) |
| Staffing costs | £86,494 (499th) | £81,686 (504th) | £76,187 (540th) | £84,689 | £70,836 (294th) | £66,531 (396th) | £37,226 (654th) | £46,850 (286th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,097 (364th) | £19,426 (4th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,461 (313th)1 | £6,494 (375th)2 | £7,881 (308th)3 | £5,778 | £11,042 (304th) | £9,477 (343rd) | £9,730 (333rd) | £5,356 (449th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £104 (402nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £621 (179th) | £639 (183rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £92 (joint 84th with 1 other) | £21 (111th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,729 (joint 549th with 2 others) | £527 (joint 473rd with 1 other) | £742 (joint 394th with 1 other) | £667 | £431 (543rd) | £643 (438th) | £565 (542nd) | £615 (503rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,817 (409th) | £861 (599th) | £3,118 | £1,029 (joint 570th with 1 other) | £2,048 (405th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,499 (16th) | £1,246 (joint 64th with 1 other) | £637 | £1,888 (joint 320th with 6 others) | £1,652 (joint 516th with 1 other) | £1,652 (joint 486th with 1 other) | £1,652 (joint 407th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £5,779 (23rd) | £13,271 (4th) | £0 | £0 | £5,167 (20th) | £7,106 (19th) | £0 |
| Total | £148,248 (346th) | £160,087 (100th) | £141,234 (259th) | £134,370 | £122,237 (356th) | £124,607 (211th) | £90,726 (606th) | £86,756 (367th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,632 (23rd). Rail £198 (542nd). Other: Rail £32 (144th). European £599 (91st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,134 (46th). Rail £360 (507th).
3 Car £6,668 (39th). Rail £294 (506th). Air £159 (220th). European £760 (56th).