This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Email me updates on Mark Simmonds’s activity (no more than once per day)
Mark Simmonds
Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Mark Simmonds
- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Simmonds voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. 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 very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Education and Skills, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Somalia
(based on written questions asked by Mark Simmonds and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (4 out of 10)
- Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (28 out of 32)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Employment Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
Most recent appearances
- Diabetes Prevention (Soft Drinks): New Clause 1 — Value Added Tax: limitation on new orders (18 Apr 2012)
“Will the Minister give way?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Secretary of State’s guidance on duty under section 59(9) (20 Mar 2012)
“I draw the House’s attention to the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Does the shadow Secretary—[ Interruption. ] Does the shadow Secretary of State—[ Interruption. ] Does the shadow Secretary of State object to NHS foundation trusts raising money through private income—therefore and thereby spending it on NHS patients?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Secretary of State’s guidance on duty under section 59(9) (20 Mar 2012)
“Will the Minister confirm that most of the foundation trusts that are interested in raising and removing the cap wish to do so because they want to invest the money that they would generate from private income to improve services for NHS patients? [Interruption.]”
More of Mark Simmonds's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 8 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 80.47% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 73 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Mark Simmonds’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 216 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Chair of Mortlock Simmonds Brown Ltd, 21 Hanover Street, London, W1S 1YU; chartered surveyors.
April 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 3 May 2011)
May 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2011)
June 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 17 August 2011)
July 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 17 August 2011)
August 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 17 August 2011)
September 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 4 October 2011)
October 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 8 December 2011)
November 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 8 December 2011)
December 2011, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 3 January 2012)
January 2012, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 31 January 2012)
February 2012, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 1 March 2012)
March 2012, received £800. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 26 March 2012)
Strategic adviser to Circle Healthcare (social enterprise), 42 Welbeck Street, London W1.
March 2011, £12,500 quarterly fee received. Hours: 10 hrs per month. (Registered 3 May 2011)
June 2011, £12,500 quarterly fee received. Hours: 10 hrs per month.
Late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 6 March 2012. See paragraph 108 of the Guide to the Rules.
(Registered 3 October 2011)
Late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 6 March 2012. See paragraph 108 of the Guide to the Rules.
September 2011, £12,500 quarterly fee received. Hours: 10 hrs per month. (Registered 3 October 2011)
December 2011, £12,500 quarterly fee received. Hours: 10 hrs per month. (Registered 3 January 2012)
March 2012, £12,500 quarterly fee received. Hours: 10 hrs per month. (Registered 26 March 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Address of donor: South Block, New Delhi 110 011
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights to and from India and internal flights, hotel accommodation, food and other travel costs; total approximately £8,000.
Destination of visit: India
Date of visit: 17-24 September 2011
Purpose of visit: as part of a delegation of the Conservative Friends of India at the invitation of the High Commission in London and the Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi, meeting politicians and businessmen in Delhi and Mumbai.
(Registered 31 October 2011)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Mortlock Simmonds Ltd.
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
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 | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,139 (389th) | £22,862 (96th) | £23,213 (150th) | £27,510 | £19,322 (joint 101st with 3 others) | £18,795 (joint 217th with 5 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £6,394 (606th) |
| Staffing costs | £102,923 (85th) | £88,744 (285th) | £81,602 (410th) | £75,595 | £74,026 (191st) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,120 (116th) | £70,405 (1st) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,757 (324th) | £7,158 (373rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,325 (189th)1 | £7,540 (322nd)2 | £8,060 (303rd)3 | £8,640 | £13,176 (215th) | £6,290 (474th) | £5,967 (490th) | £5,754 (434th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £531 (152nd) | £586 (181st) | £592 (202nd) | £636 | £713 (234th) | £330 (317th) | £222 (joint 365th with 1 other) | £48 (joint 437th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,389 (joint 87th with 1 other) | £1,169 (111th) | 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 | £2,773 (408th) | £262 (602nd) | £798 (363rd) | £724 | £996 (joint 291st with 2 others) | £779 (365th) | £1,308 (212th) | £659 (joint 486th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,109 (joint 549th with 1 other) | £1,893 (joint 432nd with 2 others) | £2,143 | £2,408 (345th) | £2,465 (joint 333rd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,360 (joint 100th with 1 other) | £1,396 (22nd) | £276 | £1,809 (447th) | £1,809 (440th) | £1,532 (526th) | £1,532 (joint 451st with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £11,173 (12th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £889 (87th) | £0 | £9,833 (12th) | £0 |
| Total | £178,017 (25th) | £153,873 (203rd) | £139,664 (290th) | £137,158 | £134,241 (124th) | £122,574 (251st) | £125,938 (58th) | £102,801 (58th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,721 (112th). Rail £1,419 (415th). Misc £75 (176th). Other: Mileage £881 (7th). Rail £379 (56th). European £2,850 (6th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,021 (214th). Rail £2,925 (295th). Misc £25 (221st). Other: Mileage £155 (39th). Rail £162 (97th). European £252 (128th).