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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 very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. 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 moderately against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted strongly against the hunting ban. 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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Defence Budget and Transformation (14 May 2012)

“First, may I thank my right hon. Friend for his kind words and extend them to the rest of the ministerial team? The junior Ministers all had their share of the hard work and the difficult decisions that had to be taken to get us out of the mess that we inherited. Will my right hon. Friend reflect on the fact that we inherited from Labour not only a £38 billion black hole but a commitment...”

Business of the House: Carrier Strike Capability (10 May 2012)

“Will the Secretary of State accept that there were two optimal mixes for JSF and carrier? We could either have a 65,000 tonne carrier and use the carrier variant, with a longer range and bigger payload, or, as the American marine corps are doing, choose the jump jet variant and have smaller carriers. Is the position we are in today sub-optimal, and not the result of industrial policy leading...”

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Tyres: Exports (30 Apr 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what volume of used car tyres was exported to the Far East under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 in each month since September 2011 from (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland; (2) what safeguards are built into the monitoring by the Environment Agency of the trade in used...”

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  • Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — well 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 55.66% 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.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 934 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
I have accepted Honorary Membership for life of the Carlton Club.
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, and £1,000 approx for meals and travel within 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; updated 13 February 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 Apr 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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