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Martin Horwood
Liberal Democrat MP for Cheltenham
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Martin Horwood voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. 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 for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Energy and Climate Change, Home Department, Transport, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Consultants, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Tendering Policy, Departmental Paper, Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
(based on written questions asked by Martin Horwood and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Energy Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Charities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
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- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“On the subject of consistency, House of Lords reform was in the Conservative manifesto. Surely, if we all agree on a predominantly elected second Chamber, it should not take that much time.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“As a Liberal Democrat, but also as the MP for Cheltenham, I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he agrees that it should be possible to strike a perfectly good balance between the absolute need to protect civil liberties and traditional British freedoms and apply the principles behind the existing legislation that he mentioned to new and fast-developing technologies to prevent our security...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 69 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 105 written questions in the last year — well above 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 77.37% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 380 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Donations to charity in respect of opinion surveys completed by me for ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA.
January 2010, £75. Hours: approx 30 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
February 2010, £75. Hours: approx 20 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
June 2010, £75. Hours: approx 30 mins.. (Registered 18 October 2011)
September 2010, £75. Hours: approx 20 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
October 2010, £75. Hours: approx 30 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
March 2011, £75. Hours: approx 30 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
March 2011, £75. Hours: approx approx 20 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
April 2011, £75. Hours: approx 20 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
January 2010, £75 donation to charity in respect of opinion survey completed by me for BPRI, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2PX. Hours: approx 30 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
March 2010, £75 donation to charity in respect of opinion survey completed by me for Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT. Hours: approx 20 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
Donations to charity in respect of opinion surveys completed by me for IPSOS Mori, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY:
June 2010, payment of £150. Hours: approx 1 hr.(Registered 18 October 2011)
November 2010, payment of £80. Hours: approx 20 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
November 2010, £50 donation to charity in respect of opinion survey completed by me for Portcullis Public Affairs, St James House, 13 Kensington Square, London W8 5HD. Hours: approx 20 mins.. (Registered 18 October 2011)
December 2010, £40 donation to charity in respect of opinion survey completed by me for YouGov, 50 Featherstone St, London EC1Y 8RT. Hours: approx 20 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
January 2011, £75 donation to charity in respect of opinion survey completed by me for Taylor Nelson Sofres, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB. Hours: approx 30 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
April 2011, £100 donation to charity in respect of opinion survey completed by me for for Dods, 21 Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BP. Hours: approx 30 mins. (Registered 18 October 2011)
4. Sponsorships
(a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
(a) Name of donor: Enventi Limited
(a) Address of donor: Carrick House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2QJ
(a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
(a) Date of receipt: 14 November 2011
(a) Date of acceptance: 14 November 2011
(a) Donor status: Company, number 07374942
(a) (Registered 13 December 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor:
1)Sir Joseph Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East
Address of donor:
1)School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
2)23a Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,000
Destination of visit: Jerusalem, Jericho, Hebron and other locations in Israel/occupied territories
Date of visit: 31 May-3 June 2011
Purpose of visit: better understanding of issues facing Palestinian population in occupied territories and to meet Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(Registered 24 June 2011)
8. Land and Property
50 per cent interest in a house in Cheltenham.
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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,655 (304th) | £21,449 (317th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £17,339 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £22,372 (106th) | £19,753 (256th) | £27,163 (59th) | £28,390 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £97,950 (235th) | £92,048 (123rd) | £78,537 (491st) | £75,681 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,176 (joint 220th with 1 other) | £9,837 (178th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,284 (368th)1 | £6,223 (385th)2 | £5,160 (458th)3 | £5,667 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £346 (211th) | £514 (205th) | £752 (joint 166th with 1 other) | £90 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £71 (317th) | £57 (340th) | 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 | £2,209 (491st) | £564 (joint 454th with 1 other) | £833 (348th) | £693 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,439 (482nd) | £2,397 (355th) | £2,222 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,008 (joint 569th with 2 others) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £159,261 (207th) | £152,892 (221st) | £137,882 (321st) | £131,012 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £6,110 (139th). Misc £174 (133rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £6,133 (147th). Misc £90 (171st).