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Michael Fallon
Conservative MP for Sevenoaks
- Also represented Darlington
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — 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 Fallon voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Home Department, Health, Transport, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Experience Corps, Special Advisers, Departmental Staff, Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation, Northern Rock
(based on written questions asked by Michael Fallon and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Leader of the House: Political Parties: Finance (1 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Leader of the House whether he has considered changing the annual indexation of Short money to each Opposition party from the retail prices index to the consumer prices index.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Budget Deficit (24 Jan 2012)
“What lesson should we draw from Standard & Poor’s warning that the UK’s rating could come under downward pressure if, against its expectation, the commitment to fiscal consolidation wavers? Should not that warning be addressed to those who want us to cut more slowly and to borrow even more as a result?”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (24 Jan 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to announce his decision on early repayment mechanisms for student loans.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 93 written questions in the last year — above 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 71.58% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 488 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| 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 | £23,660 (98th) | £22,853 (229th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £16,882 | £16,825 (436th) | £18,057 (372nd) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £11,641 (526th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,090 (563rd) | £12,413 (528th) | £12,828 (590th) | £21,304 | £15,099 (487th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £12,197 (599th) | £13,105 (413th) |
| Staffing costs | £74,841 (600th) | £72,015 (603rd) | £72,105 (581st) | £64,904 | £65,168 (541st) | £64,174 (504th) | £56,237 (576th) | £46,295 (301st) |
| Communications Allowance | £3,087 (528th) | £4,738 (472nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,680 (516th)1 | £4,866 (474th)2 | £5,918 (407th)3 | £5,741 | £5,847 (504th) | £5,218 (513th) | £4,918 (534th) | £4,597 (486th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £81 (joint 310th with 1 other) | £44 (345th) | 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 | £1,585 (571st) | £430 (joint 530th with 1 other) | £682 (424th) | £558 | £823 (351st) | £411 (559th) | £535 (555th) | £762 (423rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,125 (548th) | £1,893 (joint 432nd with 2 others) | £1,050 | £2,835 (289th) | £1,280 (517th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,183 (joint 351st with 3 others) | £1,099 (joint 242nd with 5 others) | £1,099 | £1,829 (joint 427th with 1 other) | £1,829 (joint 420th with 1 other) | £1,829 (joint 404th with 1 other) | £1,506 (462nd) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £118,023 (605th) | £119,667 (603rd) | £116,635 (576th) | £111,538 | £108,426 (564th) | £109,768 (511th) | £95,438 (588th) | £77,906 (513th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £680 (528th). Rail £3,000 (286th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £720 (542nd). Rail £4,120 (228th). Misc £26 (219th).