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Liam Fox
Conservative MP for Woodspring
- Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Defence (since 16 Dec 2005)
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Majority: 6,016 votes. — 444th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Liam Fox voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and 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, Armed Forces: Training, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Armed Forces: Deployment
(based on written questions asked by Liam Fox and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: Air Force: Deployment (5 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average unit tour interval was for each (a) aircraft and (b) helicopter crew type in the Royal Air Force in the latest period for which figures are available.”
- Written Answers — Defence: Military Bases: Security (4 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many break-ins at UK military bases were reported in each of the last 12 months.”
- Written Answers — Defence: Warships: Decommissioning (4 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships have gone out of service in each year since 1997.”
More of Liam Fox's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 443 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- 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 44% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 70 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Liam Fox speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 683 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Contributions to staffing and running of private office from:
Mr Jon Moulton, Managing Partner of Alchemy Partners LLP.
Mr Mark Bathgate, on behalf of Tweeddale Advisors Ltd, Edinburgh. (Registered 31 March 2009)
Donation from Mr Jon Moulton in May 2006. (Registered 1 April 2009)
Name of donor: Mr Stanley Fink, of Middlesex
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date of receipt: 14 July 2009
Date of acceptance: 14 July 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 July 2009)
Name of donor: Mr Alan Howard
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,500
Date of receipt: 17 July 2009
Date of acceptance: 17 July 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 July 2009)
Name of donor: Mr David and Simon Reuben
Address of donor: Investors in Private Capital Limited, 25 Harley Street, London W1G 9BR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000
Date of receipt: 14 August 2009
Date of acceptance: 14 August 2009
Donor status: Company, registration no. 05204672
(Registered 24 August 2009 )
Name of donor: Mr Oliver Pawle
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000
Date of receipt: 2 November 2009
Date of acceptance: 2 November 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 November 2009 )
Name of donor: Mr Philip Shelley
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000
Date of receipt: 11 November 2009
Date of acceptance: 11 November 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 November 2009)
Name of donor: Mark Bathgate on behalf of Tweeddale Advisors Ltd
Address of donor: c/o Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9EE.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000
Date of receipt: 7 December 2009
Date of acceptance: 7 December 2009
Donor status: company, registration number SC343164
(Registered 9 December 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
In my capacity as Shadow Foreign Secretary (2005-06) and Shadow Defence Secretary (from January 2006), I have 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.)
I receive honorary membership of the Carlton Club. (Registered 10 November 2008)
26-27 January 2009, to Warton in Lancashire, to visit BAe Systems for a tour of facilities and briefing meetings as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. My return flights from London to Warton and one night's accommodation were provided by BAe Systems. (Registered 10 February 2009)
My wife and I received tickets for the 'Black and White Party' on 4 February 2009, paid for by Mr James Reuben. (Registered 3 March 2009)
6. Overseas visits
28 May-1 June 2008, to Singapore, as part of an invitation to the International Institute for Strategic Studies 2008 Shangri-la Dialogue in my capacity as Shadow Defence Secretary. My flights and accommodation in Singapore were paid for by the IISS. (Registered 17 June 2008)
18-23 June 2008, to New York, USA, to attend and speak at a dinner and reception for the Jewish Institute for National Affairs (JINSA) in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. My return business class airfare from London to New York and one night's accommodation were met by JINSA. (Registered 3 July 2008)
19-22 June 2008, to Colorado, USA, to attend and speak at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) World Forum in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. My return flights from New York to Vail, Colorado were provided by Brevan Howard Asset Management. My accommodation, ground transportation and meals were paid for by the AEI. (Registered 3 July 2008)
27 July-4 August 2008, to Washington DC and Chicago in my capacity as Shadow Defence Secretary, to attend the Atlantic Bridge 2008 Transatlantic Leadership Exchange and to attend and speak at the 35th Annual American Legislative Exchange Council meeting. My return transatlantic flights were paid for by the Atlantic Bridge. My accommodation in Washington, internal flight to Chicago, accommodation in Chicago and conference expenses were paid for by the American Legislative Exchange Council. (Registered 19 August 2008)
14-17 October 2008, to New York to attend the US Presidential Debate as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. My outbound flight to New York was provided by Mr Michael Hintze of the CQS Group. (I met my own return flight and accommodation costs in New York.) (Registered 14 November 2008)
7-10 December 2008, to Israel, to attend and speak at The Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies Conference on Counterinsurgency as Shadow Defence Secretary. My return business class flights and two nights' accommodation in Tel Aviv were paid for by the conference organisers. (Registered 18 December 2008)
11-14 March 2009, to Sri Lanka in my capacity as Shadow Defence Secretary for a fact-finding visit at the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka. My flights from London to Colombo, Colombo to Dubai (for non-registrable visit) and my accommodation costs in Colombo were paid for by the Sri Lankan Government. (Registered 23 March 2009)
25-31 May 2009, to Hong Kong and Singapore, as part of an invitation to the International Institute for Strategic Studies 2009 Shangri-la Dialogue in my capacity as Shadow Defence Secretary. I paid for my own flights and accommodation in Hong Kong and Singapore. I received a flight upgrade on my outbound flight to Hong Kong from Cathay Pacific Airlines and a hotel room upgrade in Hong Kong and Singapore from The Mandarin Oriental Hotel. (Registered 5 June 2009)
Name of donor: The Kingdom of Bahrain
Address of donor: Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain, 30 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8QB.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Approx. £1,400, for two nights accommodation.
Destination of visit: The Kingdom of Bahrain
Date of visit: 21-23 July 2009
(Registered 5 August 2009)
Name of donors: 1) Sri Lankan Development Trust
2) Government of Sri Lanka
Address of donor: 1) 40 George Street, London W1U 7DW
2) High Commission for Sri Lanka, 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2 2LU
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1) Return flight costs to be paid: £1778
2) Hotel accommodation in Colombo: £950
Destination of visit: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date of visit: 27-30 August 2009
Purpose of visit: Meetings with the President of Sri Lanka and the Foreign Minister, including visits within the country.
(Registered 23 September 2009)
Name of donor: Sri Lankan Development Trust
Address of donor: 40 George Street, London W1U 7DW.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3000 for return flight
Destination of visit: Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Date of visit: 14 - 17 November 2009.
Purpose of visit: to attend the Sri Lanka Freedom Party national convention and for meetings with the President of Sri Lanka and the Foreign Minister.
(Registered 20 November 2009)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Arrest Ltd.
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | £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)3 | £9,452 (241st)2 | £11,815 (141st)1 | £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 (249th) | £153,316 (211th) | £142,339 (232nd) | £138,457 | £105,102 (587th) | £126,920 (173rd) | £123,778 (90th) | £92,652 (218th) |
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 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).
1 Car £7,356 (21st). Rail £1,436 (385th). Air £1,348 (108th). European £1,675 (12th).