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Liam Fox
Conservative MP for North Somerset

  • Also represented Woodspring
  • Secretary of State, Defence (since 12 May 2010) (note about dates)
  • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Liam Fox voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
  • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and 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 a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. 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 laws to stop climate change. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Defence, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, International Development, Treasury

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Armed Forces: Training, Armed Forces: Deployment

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — Defence: Defence (24 Jan 2012)

“I will write to the hon. Member. Substantive answer from Philip Hammond to Angus Robertson: My predecessor undertook to write to you in answer to your parliamentary question answered on 11 October 2011 (Official Report, column 334W) requesting a copy of the brief for the Assistant Director of Information dated October 1998 D/DAO/14/3/5 to be placed in the Library of the House. Officials have...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (14 Nov 2011)

“This is the first chance I have had to welcome my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to his post, which I do with the greatest pleasure and the utmost confidence. Since the Atlanta games there has been an internationally accepted minimal level of protection for the Olympics. Will he confirm to the House that there will be a full range of multilayered defence and deterrence for the...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Personal Statement (19 Oct 2011)

“Two weeks ago, I visited Misrata in Libya, and I met a man who showed me photographs of his dead children. A few days later, I resigned from the Cabinet. One was an unbearable tragedy, the other was a deep personal disappointment. I begin with that necessary sense of proportion. As I said in the House last week, “I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between...”

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  • Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
  • 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 51.41% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 141 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Liam Fox’s activity.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 929 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
In my capacity as Shadow Foreign Secretary (2005-06) and Shadow Defence Secretary (from January 2006), I received upgrades from Virgin Atlantic on some flights connected with overseas visits for which I have met my own flight and accommodation costs. (The details of these overseas visits have been provided to the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.)
Name of donor: The Carlton Club
Address of donor : 69 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1PJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: renewal of honorary membership; value £790
Date of receipt of donation: 1 January 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 1 January 2011
Donor status: Company, registration number 00573221
(Registered 14 January 2011)
Name of donor: CQS Management Ltd
Address of donor: 5th floor, 33 Chester Street, London SW1X 7BL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: flight from Washington DC to Farnborough valued at £10,439
Date of receipt of donation: 24 May 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 19 May 2011
Donor status: Company, registration number 03691917
(Registered 27 June 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Halifax International Security Forum
Address of donor: 1717 Rhode Island Ave, NW , Suite 610, Washington, DC 20036
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,248.15 (including return flights, accommodation and dinner)
Destination of visit: Halifax, Canada
Date of visit: 19-21 November 2011
Purpose of visit: to take part in the Halifax International Security Forum, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, to discuss emerging threats in the world
(Registered 8 December 2011)
Name of donor: Government of Georgia
Address of donor: 7 Ingorokva Str, Tbilisi, Georgia
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,470.51 for flights and accommodation - meals and travel within Georgia were funded by the Government of Georgia
Destination of visit: Tbilisi and Batumi, georgia
Date of visit: 7-10 December 2011
Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit and to meet with President Saakashvili and to hold meetings with Government and Opposition representatives
(Registered 16 January 2012)
8. Land and Property
Residential property in London SE1 from which rental income is received (from 25 September 2011). (Registered 20 October 2011)

Register last updated: 30 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£17,293 (375th) £20,746 (363rd) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,634 £13,250 (518th) £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) £19,712 (joint 259th with 1 other) £15,000 (joint 354th with 1 other)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£21,218 (162nd) £19,651 (260th) £20,440 (joint 292nd with 4 others) £19,880 £17,437 (387th) £18,710 (joint 339th with 1 other) £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) £15,436 (336th)
Staffing costs£100,331 (151st) £91,346 (141st) £84,476 (joint 314th with 1 other) £86,804 £59,880 (609th) £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) £50,509 (166th)
Communications Allowance£3,189 (525th) £9,283 (256th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£11,337 (158th)1 £9,452 (241st)2 £11,815 (141st)3 £7,071 £10,284 (327th) £12,395 (233rd) £13,947 (177th) £9,249 (257th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £315 (joint 270th with 3 others) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £49 (342nd) 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£2,471 (446th) £363 (553rd) £600 (joint 473rd with 3 others) £797 £673 (419th) £338 (joint 584th with 1 other) £852 (406th) £637 (joint 494th with 1 other)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,028 (560th) £1,374 (525th) £1,334 £1,739 (449th) £1,532 (490th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,398 (71st) £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) £937 £1,839 (412th) £1,839 (405th) £1,821 (410th) £1,821 (372nd)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£155,838 (252nd) £153,316 (211th) £142,339 (232nd) £138,457 £105,102 (587th) £126,920 (173rd) £123,778 (90th) £92,652 (218th)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,496 (62nd). Rail £1,276 (426th). Misc £668 (58th). Other: Rail £832 (23rd). Air £1,062 (4th). European £2,003 (15th).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,119 (97th). Rail £1,414 (390th). Misc £250 (110th). Other: Rail £1,468 (13th). Air £218 (31st). European £983 (58th).

3 Car £7,356 (21st). Rail £1,436 (385th). Air £1,348 (108th). European £1,675 (12th).

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Other offices held in the past

  • Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Defence (16 Dec 2005 to 11 May 2010)
  • Shadow Foreign Secretary, Foreign Affairs (20 May 2005 to 16 Dec 2005)
  • Co-Chairman of the Party, Conservative Party (10 May 2004 to 20 May 2005)

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