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Menzies Campbell
Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife

    • Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Menzies Campbell voted on key issues since 2001:

    • Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
    • Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
    • Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Trade and Industry, Solicitor-General, Work and Pensions

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Stolen Equipment, Air Force: Military Bases, RAF Leuchars, KBR

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    Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Syria (6 Feb 2012)

    “Is it not clear that the exercise of the veto by any permanent member of the Security Council always comes at a cost? The shameful events of last Saturday will be no exception to this principle. In this case, is not the immediate cost being paid in the broken bodies of children wrapped in burial sheets and the anguish of their parents? My right hon. Friend clearly needs no urging about the...”

    Written Answers — Defence: Aircraft Carriers (1 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2012, Official Report, column 416W, on aircraft carriers, whether his Department has conducted, or plans to conduct, investigations into the compatibility of advanced arresting gear with the Joint Combat Aircraft; and whether it has contributed, or intends to contribute, resources to investigations carried...”

    Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Informal European Council (31 Jan 2012)

    “We will see whether your prediction is justified, Mr Speaker. I begin by praising the pragmatism of the Prime Minister, although I confess to being somewhat surprised that my support for it is not shared throughout the Government Benches. It is especially welcome that he pursued over the weekend a policy of re-engagement with our European partners, which is essential to his long-term...”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 70 written questions in the last year — 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 77.22% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 16 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
    • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 20–21 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
    • 73 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Menzies Campbell’s activity.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 830 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    1. Remunerated directorships
    Scottish American Investment Company PLC (£15,001–£20,000)
    Payment of £4,375 gross (£2,625 net) received on 28 September 2010. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 1 October 2010)
    Payment of £4,375 gross (£2,625 net) received on 31 December 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 9 March 2011)
    Payment of £4,375 gross (£2,625 net) received on 31 March 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 6 April 2011)
    Payment of £4,375 gross (£2,625 net) received on 30 June 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 4 July 2011)
    Payment of £4,375 gross (£2,625 net) received on 30 September 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 10 October 2011)
    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Queen’s Counsel. (Resumed practice at the Bar with effect from 1 January 2008.) Payments are made through Faculty Services Ltd, Advocates Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh EH1 1RF, and the payment figure is subject to deductions to reflect overheads due to the Faculty of Advocates.
    Payment of £28,200 gross (£22,852 net) in respect of 80 hours work carried out between 18 March and 16 December 2010 entitled BP Oil against Glasgow Licensing board and BP Oil against Edinburgh Licensing Board, on the instructions of Harper Macleod Solicitors, Glasgow. (Registered 12 January 2011)
    Payment of £944.61 from the Court of Arbitration for Sport for acting as a member of the arbitration panel set up by the Court, over the period 1 September 2010 until 14 February 2011. Payment made through RBS, 36 St Andrew’s Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Hours: 8 hours. (Registered 28 February 2011)
    Payment of £100 received on 16 September 2010 in respect of my appearance at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 14 August 2010: Address of payer: Edinburgh International Book Festival, 5a Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DR. Hours: 4 hours. (Registered 1 October 2010)
    Payment of £250 received on 16 October 2010 for an article for Scotland on Sunday on 5 September 2010. Address: Barclay House, 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AS. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 21 October 2010)
    Payment of £250 received on 10 November 2010 in relation to my accommodation and subsistence expenses for an appearance at a GovNet Communications fringe meeting on 20 September 2010 at the Liberal Party Conference. Address of payer: GovNet Communications, St James Building, Oxford Street, Manchester 1 6PP. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 26 November 2010)
    Payment of £250 received as speaker’s fee at the Annual Conference of Employers in Voluntary Housing on 29 October 2010. Address of payer: 137 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW. Hours: 5 hrs. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 25 November 2010)
    Payment of £400 received on 8 December 2010 for an article for The Times on 11 November 2010. Address of payer: News International Supply Company Ltd, PO Box 151, Peterborough PE7 8YT. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 10 December 2010)
    Payment of £100 received on 15 December 2010 for an article in The Scotsman on 14 November 2010. Address of payer: Barclay House, 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AS. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 23 December 2010)
    Payment of £300 received on 29 December 2010 in respect of an article for the Independent on Sunday on 3 November 2010. Address: 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5HF. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 12 January 2011)
    Payment of £400 received on 16 March 2011 in respect of a seminar I gave to students of Wroxton College on 9 March 2011. Address: Wroxton College, Wroxton, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 6PX. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 17 March 2011)
    Payment of £150 received on 16 September 2011 in respect of my participation in two events at the Edinburgh Book Festival in August 2011: Address of payer: Edinburgh International Book Festival, 5a Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DR. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 10 October 2011)

    Register last updated: 13 Jan 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.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£15,041 (426th) £22,570 (258th) £16,667 (475th) £10,964 £15,071 (487th) £16,450 (423rd) £12,098 (570th) £13,686 (463rd)
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Office running costs£12,764 (515th) £13,039 (517th) £15,243 (553rd) £19,518 £14,658 (501st) £14,399 (578th) £12,586 (592nd) £12,642 (437th)
    Staffing costs£95,751 (311th) £90,794 (161st) £87,587 (141st) £73,756 £64,738 (552nd) £62,845 (545th) £62,728 (381st) £46,414 (298th)
    Communications Allowance£9,072 (302nd) £3,294 (519th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£15,739 (55th)1 £14,406 (91st)2 £17,440 (33rd)3 £13,449 £20,383 (52nd) £18,467 (74th) £11,793 (255th) £14,875 (76th)
    Members' Staff Travel£763 (99th) £320 (271st) £268 (joint 295th with 1 other) £370 £1,006 (joint 186th with 2 others) £0 £808 (196th) £1,258 (100th)
    Members' Spouse Travel£1,598 (68th) £955 (128th) 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£2,950 (joint 383rd with 1 other) £797 (315th) £1,231 (213th) £747 £709 (399th) £819 (347th) £640 (joint 500th with 1 other) £1,254 (243rd)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,883 (250th) £3,259 (255th) £3,088 £2,745 (297th) £2,305 (358th) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,323 (joint 157th with 1 other) £1,115 (joint 227th with 3 others) £1,725 £1,725 (joint 503rd with 1 other) £1,725 (joint 494th with 1 other) £1,725 (joint 467th with 1 other) £0
    Other Costs£7,294 (26th) £6,731 (21st) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Total£160,971 (185th) £157,112 (140th) £142,810 (218th) £123,617 £121,035 (joint 380th with 1 other) £117,010 (375th) £102,378 (518th) £90,129 (289th)

    1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,813 (287th). Rail £2,689 (302nd). Air £10,205 (35th). Misc £32 (214th).

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £482 (559th). Rail £2,895 (298th). Air £11,029 (29th).

    3 Car £2,500 (365th). Rail £2,475 (298th). Air £12,249 (27th). European £216 (118th).