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Mr Lawrie Quinn
Former Labour MP for Scarborough and Whitby

    • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
    • Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — General election (stood again)

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Mr Lawrie Quinn voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
      • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
      • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
      • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
      • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
      • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
      • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
      • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
      • Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
      • Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
      • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
      • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
      • Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes

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      Most recent appearances

      Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Environment (10 Mar 2005)

      “My hon. Friend will know about the difficulty of disposing of plastics and the problems that it causes the environment. What can his Treasury colleagues do to encourage small firms that want to innovate through trying to find other sources and different ways of disposing of plastics? Econoplas, a firm in my constituency, converts and recycles plastics to create an effective drainage medium,...”

      Oral Answers to Questions — Home Office: Community Policing (7 Mar 2005)

      “To the list of colleagues on the Government Front Bench who recently visited North Yorkshire may I add my hon. Friend the Minister for Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety? During her visit she saw community policing successfully deployed in North Yorkshire. I do not recognise the comments made by the hon. Member for Vale of York (Miss McIntosh) about the county. The core of the...”

      Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit (28 Feb 2005)

      “May I congratulate my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary and the staff of the Department for Work and Pensions on the great help that has been afforded to many of my constituents to get them back into work? In an earlier answer, my hon. Friend referred to additional help. Can she say something this afternoon about those rural constituents of mine who have not only mobility problems, but...”

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      • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
      • Has voted in 86.28% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
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      Expenses

      Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).

      Type2008/092007/082006/072005/062004/05 (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      £746 £17,520 (418th) £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £15,299 (322nd)
      London costs      £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Office running costs      £1,524 £18,379 (327th) £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) £18,217 (244th) £14,982 (348th)
      Staffing costs      £6,645 £71,278 (277th) £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) £65,565 (240th) £45,475 (347th)
      Communications AllowanceN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Travel      £238 £20,565 (47th) £17,264 (89th) £19,191 (58th) £13,194 (103rd)
      Members' Staff Travel      £0 £2,023 (74th) £709 (214th) £1,306 (joint 119th with 1 other) £408 (273rd)
      Members' Spouse TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Family TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Centrally Purchased Stationery      £21 £1,248 (219th) £1,490 (131st) £1,388 (joint 186th with 2 others) £788 (415th)
      Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £0 £3,200 (244th) £5,295 (104th) N/A N/A
      Centrally Provided Computer Equipment      £0 £2,009 (joint 59th with 2 others) £2,009 (joint 55th with 1 other) £2,009 (joint 55th with 1 other) £2,009 (joint 54th with 1 other)
      Other Costs      £34,080 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Total      £43,254 £136,222 (98th) £133,922 (78th) £127,398 (49th) £92,155 (231st)