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Michael Mates
Former Conservative MP for East Hampshire
- Also represented Petersfield
- Entered Parliament on 10 October 1974 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Majority: 5,509 votes. — 461st out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Michael Mates voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Intelligence and Security Committee (18 Mar 2010) has video
“We must make sure that we get this point right. As my hon. Friend says, neither the ISC nor the Government got to the truth about Diego Garcia initially. Both we and the Government asked questions of the United States Government, who are in control there. They who gave us a flat and definitive answer-they were not in any doubt-which we therefore accepted. If my hon. Friend is telling me that...”
- Intelligence and Security Committee (18 Mar 2010) has video
“I am sorry, but I hope the hon. Gentleman was not trying to put words in my mouth. I would never have used the phrase "stark staring bonkers" in his context. All I would say is that he has been absolutely consistent in his arguments-despite all the facts that we have. That is my criticism of him. If we were able to construct a Select Committee, would we not advocate it, given the grief that...”
- Intelligence and Security Committee (18 Mar 2010) has video
“The answer is that the matter was decided in the courts. The court came to a judgment, the person concerned received the appropriate punishment and Sir David put it down to what it clearly was: human error. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman, who laughs, will tell me how we will get human error out of the system. We will not.”
More of Michael Mates's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well 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 33.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 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.
- 57 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 323 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. 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 | £23,999 (joint 53rd with 1 other) | £23,077 (joint 154th with 1 other) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,556 | £20,543 (273rd) | £20,326 (joint 176th with 2 others) | £19,545 (315th) | £15,277 (325th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,740 (233rd) | £17,471 (371st) | £20,399 (318th) | £19,534 | £18,872 (261st) | £17,463 (508th) | £18,001 (368th) | £8,303 (564th) |
| Staffing costs | £51,251 (637th) | £83,615 (455th) | £82,286 (393rd) | £73,852 | £67,675 (458th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £56,489 (47th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,865 (482nd) | £8,646 (301st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,173 (495th)1 | £3,973 (515th)2 | £4,096 (514th)3 | £5,372 | £7,627 (440th) | £8,812 (369th) | £8,434 (401st) | £7,447 (350th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £547 (191st) | £547 (211th) | £547 | £987 (189th) | £576 (joint 244th with 1 other) | £301 (joint 335th with 1 other) | £567 (joint 224th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £684 (165th) | £684 (166th) | 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 | £1,216 (598th) | £281 (joint 590th with 2 others) | £380 (579th) | £427 | £620 (joint 443rd with 1 other) | £239 (614th) | £646 (498th) | £471 (569th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,388 (493rd) | £958 (joint 587th with 1 other) | £1,423 | £1,974 (408th) | £585 (616th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,123 (joint 464th with 2 others) | £1,226 (joint 88th with 1 other) | £506 | £2,115 (4th) | £1,880 (joint 336th with 2 others) | £1,609 (500th) | £1,609 (420th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £105,928 (621st) | £140,805 (407th) | £132,002 (431st) | £123,217 | £120,413 (392nd) | £121,654 (269th) | £110,516 (385th) | £90,163 (287th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,903 (197th). Rail £270 (534th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,653 (244th). Rail £320 (515th).