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Michael Gove
Conservative MP for Surrey Heath
- Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Children, Schools and Families (since 6 Jul 2007)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 10,845 votes. — 232nd 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 Michael Gove voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
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: Children, Schools and Families, Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Home Information Packs, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Gcse, Teachers: Training, Pupil Exclusions
(based on written questions asked by Michael Gove and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: GCE A-Level: Disadvantaged (4 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils on free school meals were awarded a grade A in A Level history in 2008.”
More of Michael Gove's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 402 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 59% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 132 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Michael Gove speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 177 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Contract with Times Newspapers Limited to supply a set number of articles. Address: News International Limited, 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY. (£60,001-£65,000)
29 July 2009 received payment of £5,750 for four articles. Hours: 4hrs. (Registered 31 July 2009)
20 August 2009, received payment of £5,750 for three articles I wrote in August for The Times. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 10 September 2009)
20 September 2009, received payment of £5750 for three articles. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 21 October 2009)
Contract from Harper Collins to write historical biography.
13 August 2009, payment of £776.25 from BBC, for contribution to Newsnight Review. Hours worked: 7 hours. (Registered 18 August 2009)
26 September 2009, received payment of £115 for appearing on BBC News Dateline. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 21 October 2009)
Associate Editor, The House Magazine. Address: Dods Parliamentary Communication Ltd, 3rd Floor, Westminster Tower, 3, Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7SP. (Up to £5,000)
24 July 2009 received payment of £565.23 for work as editor. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 31 July 2009).
Income from publication of 'Celsius 7/7', published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Columnist, "Building Magazine". (Up to £5,000)
1 July 2009, payment of £2,320 for five articles for Building Magazine, United Business Media, Ludgate House, 245 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 9UY. Hours worked: 5. Payment for two of the articles passed on to charity. (Registered 17 July 2009)
Contributor to "Scotland on Sunday". Address: Johnston Press Plc, 53 Manor Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7EG. (£5,001-£10,000) Remittance advice comes from The Scotsman Publications Ltd.
15 July 2009, payment of £1,150 for four articles for Scotland on Sunday, Hours worked: 4hrs. (Registered 28 July 2009)
14 August 2009, payment of £862.50 including VAT for three articles for Scotland on Sunday. Hours worked: 3 hrs. (Registered 10 September 2009)
15 September 2009, payment of £1,150 including VAT for four articles for Scotland on Sunday. Hours worked: 4 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2009)
2 July 2009, case of wine, value £138, from Conservative Intelligence, 5 The Sanctuary, London SW1P 3JS, for speaking at a conference they held. I donated the wine to an auction for charity. (Registered 17 July 2009)
15 July 2009, bottle of port, value around £20, from King's International School in my constituency, following a speech I gave at the school. The port will be donated to an auction for charity. (Registered 17 July 2009)
5 August 2009, payment of £460 from the Mail on Sunday, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT for book review. Hours worked: 3 hours. (Registered 18 August 2009)
17 August 2009, payment of £345 from Standpoint, 11 Manchester Square, London W1U 3PU, for one article published in Standpoint. Hours worked: 3 hrs. (Registered 10 September 2009)
25 September 2009, I received a case of wine valued at £200 for speaking at the Annual Dinner of Sunningdale Golf Club, Ridgemount Road, Sunningdale, Berks SL5 9RR. (Registered 12 October 2009)
16 October 2009, honorarium of £12,260 from the United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto, Sherman Campus, 4600 Bathurst street, Toronto, Ontario, ONm2r 3V2. (see Category 6 below) (Registered 22 October 2009).
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Contributions to Surrey Heath Conservative Association are received from:
Strangers Gallery Lunch Club
Magna Carta Club
Donations to my constituency association have been solicited or encouraged by me from:
Norma Stephenson, Camberley (personal donation)
Gavin Price, Dolphin Head Group, Camberley (company donation)
Moonpal Grewal, MSG Sandhurst Ltd, Banbury (company donation)
Michael Church (personal donation)
Kim Gottlieb, London and Bath Estates, London (company donation)
Gavin Price (personal donation)
Caroline Knowles (personal donation)
Barry Price (company donation in kind)
Bob Potter (personal donation)
Henry Lumley (personal donation)
Ashok Shrestha, Camberley (personal donation)
Frank Fogarty, Cove Construction (company donation)
Jeff Knight, Knight Security (company donation)
Ian Wooldridge, Wooldridge Group (company donation)
Nigel Long, Longacre Nurseries (company donation)
Conrad Sturt, Windlesham (personal donation)
Chris Cowdray, London (personal donation)
Charnjit Grewal, Colourflow Production Limited (company donation)
Malcolm Harding, Harding Auto Services (company donation)
(Registered 24 February 2009)
I have received direct help in research development from the Boston Consulting Group.
Donations received through Conservative Campaign Headquarters used to support my office in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from:
George E S Robinson, London (personal donation)
Edmund Lazarus, London (personal donation)
Mark Florman, London (personal donation)
Romie and Esther Tager, London (personal donation)
Alan Jacobs, London (personal donation)
Adrian Beecroft, London (personal donation)
Alan Bekhor (personal donation)
Harris Ventures Limited (company donation)
Howard Leigh (personal donation)
Lewis Trust Group Ltd (company donation)
Chris Mason (personal donation)
Manro Haydan Trading Limited (company donation)
Manrows Limited (company donation)
Chris Smith (personal donation)
Stanley Fink, London (personal donation)
Charles Pugh, Somerset (personal donation)
(Registered 8 July 2008)
Receiving research support from:
Martin Calderbank of Stirling Square Capital Partners.
(Registered 7 May 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Gift of clothing from New & Lingwood, menswear company. (Registered 9 October 2008)
Name of donor: Flowidea
Address of donor : Arbuthnot House, 20 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9AR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets for my wife and me to attend the Conservative Party's Summer Party on 17 June 2009. Payment for tickets, to value of £1,600, made directly to the Conservative Party.
Date of receipt of donation: 17 June 2009
Date of acceptance of donation: 17 June 2009
Donor status: Company, registration number 02463564
(Registered 17 July 2009 )
6. Overseas visits
22-24 January 2009, to Paris, to attend Franco-British Colloque. Accommodation and hospitality paid for by the Colloque. (I paid for my own travel.) (Registered 9 February 2009)
Name of donor: United Jewish Appeal Federation
Address of donor: Sherman Campus, 4600 Bathurst street, Toronto, Ontario, ONm2r 3V2
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
£2,492.58; return flights Heathrow to Toronto and internal flight Ottawa to Toronto
Destination of visit: Toronto and Ottawa, Canada
Date of visit: 19-24 September 2009
Purpose of visit: to speak at four events organized by the UJA (see Category 2 above) and hold private meetings.
(Registered 22 October 2009)
7. Overseas benefits and gifts
See Category 2 above.
Register last updated: 28 Oct 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,634 | ||||
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £15,602 (447th) | £20,636 (268th) | £19,424 | ||||
| Staffing Allowance | £89,446 (255th) | £87,079 (195th) | £81,114 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £15,705 (16th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,542 (433rd)* | £4,334 (499th)** | £7,420 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £20 (427th) | £51 (joint 410th) | £75 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | 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 | £516 (joint 479th) | £732 (joint 403rd) | £861 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,016 (joint 563rd) | £1,690 (462nd) | £1,816 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,141 (joint 429th) | £1,101 (238th) | £1,101 | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £152,071 (235th) | £137,733 (326th) | £133,445 |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,560 (250th). Rail £184 (541st). Other: Rail £1,798 (7th).