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Michael Moore
Liberal Democrat MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
- Also represented Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
- Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 5,901 votes. — 421st 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 Moore voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for 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: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, International Development, Defence, Treasury, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Fairtrade Initiative, Fair Trade Initiative, Middle East: Peace Negotiations, Iraq: Asylum
(based on written questions asked by Michael Moore and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- British Overseas Territories Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid: Climate Change (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of the £1.5 billion fast start finance for climate change adaptation programmes announced by the Prime Minister at the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2009 will count towards overseas development assistance targets.”
- Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid: Climate Change (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which existing programmes received funding from budgets subsequently identified as sources of fast start finance for climate change adaptation in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.”
- [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] — Microfinance (26 Jan 2010)
“On that point, may I say how much we welcome the publication of the draft Bill? Now that we have seen it, and seen that it is relatively short, can we not get it through before the election?”
More of Michael Moore's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 115 written questions in the last year — 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 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 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.
- 47 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Michael Moore speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 245 times in debates — 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 | £20,387 (joint 265th with 1 other) | £21,563 (314th) | £21,676 (293rd) | £21,570 | £19,909 (312th) | £16,352 (426th) | £10,399 (585th) | £13,932 (445th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £20,207 (206th) | £18,403 (joint 328th with 1 other) | £17,638 (491st) | £20,458 | £17,977 (362nd) | £17,732 (488th) | £17,137 (474th) | £14,772 (357th) |
| Staffing costs | £97,684 (250th) | £89,873 (234th) | £89,916 (73rd) | £76,937 | £69,768 (390th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £61,487 (472nd) | £47,944 (246th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,919 (135th) | £10,007 (129th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,616 (58th)3 | £15,420 (67th)2 | £15,212 (69th)1 | £15,744 | £19,180 (67th) | £21,785 (36th) | £19,711 (54th) | £16,656 (41st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £688 (109th) | £326 (266th) | £884 (144th) | £1,129 | £1,791 (joint 92nd with 1 other) | £2,168 (47th) | £1,006 (170th) | £2,287 (27th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,966 (47th) | £2,484 (43rd) | 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 | £4,073 (258th) | £734 (348th) | £1,143 (243rd) | £485 | £201 (627th) | £474 (529th) | £287 (617th) | £510 (551st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,324 (196th) | £4,065 (192nd) | £2,537 | £1,905 (422nd) | £2,391 (341st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £964 (596th) | £761 (611th) | £761 | £1,987 (joint 90th with 2 others) | £1,987 (joint 84th with 2 others) | £1,987 (joint 83rd with 2 others) | £1,987 (joint 81st with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £171,539 (66th) | £163,098 (68th) | £151,295 (75th) | £139,621 | £132,718 (140th) | £130,912 (104th) | £112,014 (351st) | £98,088 (116th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,926 (299th). Rail £4,846 (190th). Air £6,749 (65th). Misc £139 (140th). Other: European £760 (73rd).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,000 (273rd). Rail £5,236 (177th). Air £6,558 (58th). Misc £67 (184th). Other: Mileage £38 (76th). European £717 (74th).
1 Car £2,786 (341st). Rail £2,105 (323rd). Air £9,090 (51st). European £1,231 (30th).