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Lorely Burt
Liberal Democrat MP for Solihull
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lorely Burt voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Has never voted on university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Treasury, Home Department, Health, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Equal Opportunities, UK Trade and Investment, Departmental Procurement, Departmental Contracts, Shareholder Executive
(based on written questions asked by Lorely Burt and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (1 out of 7)
- Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Employment Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Pensions Bill Committee (7 out of 12)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (19 out of 22)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Employment Law (Beecroft Report) (21 May 2012)
“I agree with the Minister on the need for balance, but does he agree that we would create a climate of fear in employees by introducing a fire-at-will option, which will not help productivity or growth, and which could be just plain bonkers?”
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“I agree with the hon. Gentleman that we should give the Green investment bank more powers, and those are coming. However, the Government have made £3 billion available to the bank. How much would his party contribute to a Green investment bank, because it has not been forthcoming on that so far?”
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“Many laws were passed under the previous Government—more than one for every single day they were in government—but what did that achieve? Unless we enact them and then ensure that people adhere to them, they are not worth the paper they are written on.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 59 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 13 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 246 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,307 (238th) | £21,398 (320th) | £21,588 (302nd) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £20,143 (208th) | £20,744 (197th) | £23,829 (126th) | £22,340 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £102,907 (86th) | £89,154 (264th) | £83,694 (348th) | £81,703 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,232 (214th) | £5,609 (428th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,137 (438th)1 | £6,033 (394th)2 | £4,114 (511th)3 | £3,274 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £317 (230th) | £426 (231st) | £160 (joint 346th with 1 other) | £250 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £281 (255th) | £245 (280th) | 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 | £3,079 (364th) | £1,188 (159th) | £1,707 (127th) | £1,627 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,077 (226th) | £4,042 (194th) | £6,373 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,128 (joint 451st with 3 others) | £1,038 (367th) | £937 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £732 (68th) | £0 | ||||
| Total | £163,402 (151st) | £149,002 (287th) | £140,904 (263rd) | £138,138 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,305 (246th). Rail £1,779 (372nd). Other: Mileage £53 (70th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,101 (285th). Rail £2,422 (327th). Other: Mileage £296 (23rd). Rail £214 (85th).
