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Martin Horwood

Liberal Democrat MP for Cheltenham

• Shadow Environment, Energy, Food and Rural Affair Minister (since 8 Jan 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 2,303 votes. — 546th 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 Martin Horwood voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 13 Jul 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Trade and Industry, Transport, Home Department, Health

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Consultants, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Tendering Policy, Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal, Consultants/Special Advisers

(based on written questions asked by Martin Horwood and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Energy Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Charities Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Kingston Hospital (8 Feb 2010)

“I warmly congratulate my hon. Friend on her campaign, which has eerie echoes of the campaign that we fought in Cheltenham in 2006 to preserve maternity and other services. Is she aware that although we saved the maternity ward in Cheltenham, lasting damage was done to the public's trust in NHS decision-making processes because of what happened with that process? The situation in this case...”

Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council (8 Feb 2010)

“Am I right in thinking that, when a suspension of the Supreme Court's decision was requested, the Court refused it on the ground that it would simply be "a procedure that is designed to obfuscate the effect of its judgment"? In other words, did not the Court expect us to change the principle behind the regime, rather than simply try to find a way round its judgment?”

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (8 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of (a) individuals and (b) households in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland who spend (A) over 20 per cent., (B) between 15 and 20 per cent., (C) between 10 and 15 per cent., (D) between five and 10 per cent. and (E) up to five per cent. of income on energy costs; and what estimate he...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 78 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 69% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 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.
• 120 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Martin Horwood speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 223 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

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.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £6,133 (147th). Misc £90 (171st).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £6,110 (139th). Misc £174 (133rd).

¹ Car £49 (582nd). Rail £5,093 (169th). Other £18 (65th).