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Malcolm Bruce
Liberal Democrat MP for Gordon
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — 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 Malcolm Bruce voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Trade and Industry, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Export Credits Guarantee Department, Christmas, Asbestos, Bechtel, Green Ministers
(based on written questions asked by Malcolm Bruce and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Employment Relations Bill Committee (4 out of 9)
- Patents Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Sign Language (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment he has made of the equality of access available for deaf people whose first language is British Sign Language in terms of communicating with (a) local councillors and local government workers and (b) the agencies and public bodies for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement; (2) what...”
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Sign Language (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what assessment he has made of the equality of access available for deaf people whose first language is British Sign Language in terms of communicating with (a) civil servants and (b) the agencies and public bodies for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement; (2) what measures his Department has in place to ensure that deaf...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment: Sign Language (13 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to ensure that deaf people for whom British Sign Language is a language of necessity are able to access employment on an equal basis to other people.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 64.82% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 1090 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | £22,816 (154th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £19,518 (408th) | £18,585 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £18,883 (326th) | £18,492 (393rd) | £13,840 (452nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,786 (366th) | £18,862 (299th) | £20,183 (346th) | £19,024 | £18,808 (271st) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £10,969 (490th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,197 (158th) | £92,840 (106th) | £86,566 (221st) | £82,993 | £70,841 (293rd) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £52,140 (122nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £14,997 (28th) | £8,290 (316th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £19,152 (25th)1 | £19,738 (20th)2 | £24,485 (6th)3 | £19,716 | £21,178 (41st) | £21,491 (38th) | £23,544 (26th) | £16,416 (45th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £337 (joint 214th with 2 others) | £517 (joint 202nd with 1 other) | £4,179 (3rd) | £1,409 | £2,497 (38th) | £2,461 (35th) | £2,170 (41st) | £2,931 (15th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,743 (57th) | £3,113 (25th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £1,723 (14th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,202 (492nd) | £507 (486th) | £728 (405th) | £1,294 | £630 (joint 439th with 1 other) | £599 (463rd) | £443 (joint 582nd with 1 other) | £483 (565th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,226 (531st) | £2,134 (395th) | £3,260 | £1,426 (503rd) | £1,731 (458th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,011 (567th) | £787 (604th) | £0 | £1,970 (joint 127th with 5 others) | £1,970 (joint 120th with 5 others) | £1,970 (joint 119th with 5 others) | £1,970 (joint 114th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £8,561 (19th) | £0 | £5,381 (26th) | £2,219 (26th) |
| Total | £178,231 (24th) | £170,910 (15th) | £158,580 (27th) | £146,281 | £146,813 (34th) | £133,957 (76th) | £135,830 (11th) | £100,968 (81st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,346 (145th). Rail £1,344 (423rd). Air £12,075 (21st). Misc £1,387 (18th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,806 (132nd). Rail £1,893 (356th). Air £10,406 (33rd). Misc £1,838 (10th). Other: European £795 (69th).
3 Car £5,547 (103rd). Rail £1,859 (346th). Air £16,403 (8th). European £676 (72nd).