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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. — 443rd out of 643 MPs.

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
  • Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

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, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Armed Forces: Training, Foundation Trusts

(based on written questions asked by Liam Fox and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009)

“This has been a very good debate, and I apologise to Members from all parts of the House if the pressure of time means that I am unable to underline some of the particularly good individual contributions that have been made. It is no surprise that a great deal of today's debate has focused on Afghanistan. In general, the issues that were focused on fell into four groups: why we are in...”

Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009)

“It is important that we set out benchmarks by which we will be able to determine success, so that our electorates are able to see if we have achieved them, but that is very different from setting out an artificial time scale and then trying to make events fit it. It is wrong for all those reasons, and we must not be tempted to go down that route simply because it might buy a couple of points...”

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  • Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 504 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.
  • 67 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Liam Fox speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 673 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 )
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
Purpose of visit: To meet with the King of Bahrain as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence.
(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)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Arrest Ltd.

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (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)
Additional Costs Allowance£20,746 (363rd) £22,110 (joint 1st) £21,634 £13,250 (518th) £20,333 (joint 3rd) £19,712 (joint 259th) £15,000 (joint 354th)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£19,651 (260th) £20,440 (joint 292nd) £19,880 £17,437 (387th) £18,710 (joint 339th) £18,234 (joint 1st) £15,436 (336th)
Staffing Allowance£91,346 (141st) £84,476 (joint 314th) £86,804 £59,880 (609th) £71,773 (joint 85th) £69,212 (joint 77th) £50,509 (166th)
Communications Allowance£9,283 (256th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£9,452 (241st)* £11,815 (141st)** £7,071 £10,284 (327th) £12,395 (233rd) £13,947 (177th) £9,249 (257th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £315 (joint 270th) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Members' Spouse Travel£49 (342nd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£363 (553rd) £600 (joint 473rd) £797 £673 (419th) £338 (joint 584th) £852 (406th) £637 (joint 494th)
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) £937 £1,839 (412th) £1,839 (405th) £1,821 (410th) £1,821 (372nd)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£153,316 (211th) £142,339 (232nd) £138,457 £105,102 (587th) £126,920 (173rd) £123,778 (90th) £92,652 (218th)

* 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).

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

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  • 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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