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Matthew Taylor
Liberal Democrat MP for Truro & St Austell
- Also represented Truro
- Entered Parliament on 12 March 1987 — unknown
- Majority: 7,403 votes. — 391st 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 Matthew Taylor 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 strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Defence, Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Porton Down, Data Protection Act, Special Advisers, Arson, Departmental Communications
(based on written questions asked by Matthew Taylor and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (29 Oct 2009)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been deducted in student loan repayments from the salaries of individuals in each income group resident in (a) the Truro and St. Austell constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (29 Oct 2009)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people of each age group resident in (a) the Truro and St. Austell constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England had not repaid their student loans on the latest date for which figures are available.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (29 Oct 2009)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the average time it will take for an individual to repay in full a student loan taken out (a) before and (b) after 2006.”
More of Matthew Taylor's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 30 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (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 54% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below 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") 637 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £15,411 (305th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £21,297 (150th) | £20,423 (joint 307th) | £28,400 | £19,325 (joint 11th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £21,189 (132nd) |
| Staffing Allowance | £87,392 (337th) | £87,146 (186th) | £75,077 | £73,999 (194th) | £71,662 (137th) | £69,073 (120th) | £42,520 (458th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,223 (261st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,405 (163rd)* | £9,511 (240th)** | £12,432 | £15,592 (127th) | £18,109 (77th) | £16,265 (108th) | £12,228 (133rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,431 (52nd) | £2,299 (30th) | £3,442 | £1,610 (108th) | £1,972 (56th) | £1,617 (79th) | £1,501 (71st) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £919 (132nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £919 (251st) | £1,906 (108th) | £1,394 | £1,623 (151st) | £2,016 (64th) | £2,711 (32nd) | £1,921 (80th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,346 (194th) | £7,213 (76th) | £5,298 | £6,335 (joint 94th) | £6,307 (67th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,156 (joint 406th) | £962 (joint 473rd) | £782 | £1,934 (joint 234th) | £1,934 (joint 229th) | £1,934 (joint 226th) | £1,934 (joint 215th) |
| Other Costs | £1,869 (58th) | £9,261 (13th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £828 (72nd) | £0 |
| Total | £162,040 (76th) | £160,831 (18th) | £148,459 | £141,320 (57th) | £141,132 (27th) | £130,384 (30th) | £96,704 (136th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,986 (51st). Rail £2,828 (304th). Air £1,369 (92nd). Misc £764 (48th). Other: Rail £41 (162nd). Air £417 (12th).
** Car £6,890 (32nd). 3rd party £112 (31st). Rail £1,998 (336th). Air £511 (150th).