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Lembit Öpik
Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 7,173 votes. — 206th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lembit Öpik voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (since 7 Oct 2009)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Northern Ireland, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Near Earth Objects, Home Information Packs, Stowaways, Energy: Conservation
(based on written questions asked by Lembit Öpik and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Compensation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Hunting Bill Committee (24 out of n/a)
- Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Hunting Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) (8 Feb 2010)
“Does it strike the right hon. and learned Gentleman as ironic that the Government want to rush this through in such a way that they could build in further failings in the legislation, which could be prevented if we had proper scrutiny? Once again, they are legislating in haste and allowing themselves the risk of repenting at leisure.”
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) (8 Feb 2010)
“Is my hon. Friend effectively saying that, when faced with the inconvenience of checks and balances on human rights, this Government prefer to declare an emergency, have a debate and try to sweep them away-in rather the same way that they had three goes at banning Brian Haw, who still happens to live in Parliament square?”
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) (8 Feb 2010)
“I shall leave the detailed discussion of the Bill's content to my more expert colleagues. I am concerned about the frequency with which we seem to be allocating time to expediting legislation on an emergency basis. Why do the Government increasingly feel that they have to rush things through? We have had a long time to discuss this issue, as the right hon. and learned Member for Sleaford and...”
More of Lembit Öpik's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 74 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 130 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 27 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") 593 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
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 | £23,779 (92nd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £16,237 (484th) | £14,685 | £14,026 (504th) | £11,933 (539th) | £19,022 (joint 363rd with 2 others) | £12,894 (491st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £29,320 (10th) | £26,955 (27th) | £26,148 (76th) | £25,664 | £15,036 (489th) | £17,751 (486th) | £17,525 (444th) | £6,565 (603rd) |
| Staffing costs | £90,970 (430th) | £84,471 (427th) | £81,568 (411th) | £78,417 | £81,670 (32nd) | £74,086 (61st) | £70,402 (71st) | £54,870 (74th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,710 (joint 258th with 1 other) | £9,523 (230th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,371 (320th)3 | £9,508 (239th)2 | £6,946 (346th)1 | £6,410 | £12,843 (236th) | £11,873 (255th) | £14,298 (164th) | £9,067 (270th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £196 (328th) | £0 | £45 (449th) | £0 | £0 | £464 (254th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,148 (503rd) | £691 (365th) | £562 (503rd) | £593 | £360 (568th) | £611 (joint 455th with 1 other) | £873 (joint 392nd with 1 other) | £1,465 (joint 178th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,718 (426th) | £1,517 (493rd) | £1,808 | £1,145 (553rd) | £1,283 (516th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,346 (joint 121st with 7 others) | £1,142 (joint 175th with 17 others) | £962 | £2,000 (joint 67th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 60th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 60th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 59th with 7 others) | |
| Other Costs | £3,829 (50th) | £7,111 (19th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £167,128 (95th) | £164,406 (52nd) | £134,316 (390th) | £128,539 | £127,125 (251st) | £119,537 (327th) | £124,120 (84th) | £87,325 (359th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,378 (40th). Rail £1,256 (403rd). Air £391 (125th). Other: Mileage £37 (78th). Rail £223 (82nd). European £1,223 (37th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,327 (33rd). Rail £670 (489th). Other: Mileage £258 (27th). Rail £116 (99th).
1 Car £5,911 (81st). Air £451 (158th). European £584 (78th).