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Michael Fabricant
Conservative MP for Lichfield
- Also represented Staffordshire Mid
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Michael Fabricant voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Trade and Industry, Home Department, Health, Transport, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, E-mails, Invoice Payments, Civil Service Relocation, Broadband
(based on written questions asked by Michael Fabricant and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Communications Bill Committee (22 out of 25)
- Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Office of Communications Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Vehicles (Crime) Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: High Speed 2 (16 May 2013)
“What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport and farmers on mitigating the effects of High Speed 2 on farms affected by the proposed route.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: High Speed 2 (16 May 2013)
“Whatever we might think about the principle of high-speed rail—I am actually for it—it can hardly be sympathetic, as the Minister said, given that the route that we have chosen, the Labour route, crashes through rural England and affects many farms. What discussions has the Minister had with the National Farmers Union about compensation for farms that will be decimated, with...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners: Religious Freedom (16 May 2013)
“Am I much loved?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 34 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 89.05% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 824 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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.
| 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 | £16,299 (403rd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £17,754 (382nd) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,729 (256th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,556 (447th) | £12,383 (529th) | £14,765 (559th) | £17,410 | £12,981 (554th) | £13,516 (598th) | £15,813 (523rd) | £12,266 (456th) |
| Staffing costs | £84,591 (525th) | £73,789 (592nd) | £73,095 (575th) | £71,600 | £72,500 (235th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £62,361 (387th) | £52,629 (110th) |
| Communications Allowance | £3,306 (522nd) | £5,079 (joint 458th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,679 (346th)1 | £7,831 (307th)2 | £7,669 (316th)3 | £6,393 | £9,772 (342nd) | £10,026 (325th) | £9,004 (376th) | £7,401 (352nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £186 (joint 383rd with 1 other) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £3,249 (345th) | £569 (449th) | £865 (329th) | £630 | £515 (496th) | £462 (534th) | £892 (joint 383rd with 1 other) | £360 (603rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,819 (255th) | £2,526 (338th) | £2,289 | £2,802 (294th) | £2,627 (joint 313th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £521 (639th) | £943 (joint 494th with 1 other) | £809 | £1,330 (623rd) | £1,318 (615th) | £952 (624th) | £521 (598th) | |
| Other Costs | £361 (88th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £129,041 (548th) | £126,074 (569th) | £121,973 (536th) | £120,765 | £120,802 (383rd) | £113,726 (449th) | £108,930 (417th) | £88,906 (319th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,338 (147th). Rail £1,187 (434th). Other: European £1,154 (43rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,442 (258th). Rail £4,389 (218th).