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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 very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. 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
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Health, Home Department, Transport, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Experience Corps, Special Advisers, Departmental Staff, Mental Health Services: Kent, Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
(based on written questions asked by Michael Fallon and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Company Accounts (18 Jun 2013)
“Companies House has received a total of 91 complaints since 2010 which relate to the failure to disclosure overseas subsidiaries. The number of complaints (a) received and (b) acted upon in each financial year is: Number Withdrawn upon investigation 2010-11 65 2 2011-12 8 2 2012-13 18 1 All of the complaints were investigated. Those complaints that were not...”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Company Accounts (18 Jun 2013)
“The number of failures to disclose overseas subsidiaries under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 that have been made in each financial year since 2010-11 is as follows. Number 2010-11 63 2011-12 6 2012-13 17 Companies House does not record the number of undeclared overseas subsidiaries.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Company Accounts (18 Jun 2013)
“Companies House has nine case officers in its technical offences and breaches teams that, among their other duties, are currently working on enforcement of requirements to disclose overseas subsidiaries.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — below 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 70.96% 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") 566 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 | £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).