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Michael Weir
Scottish National Party MP for Angus
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Michael Weir voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for 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 against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Trade and Industry, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Expenditure, Fair Trade, Departmental Assets, IT Contracts, Departmental Data Protection
(based on written questions asked by Michael Weir and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.
- Postal Services Bill Committee (14 out of 21)
- Chairman, Welfare Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 26)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Chairman, Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
- Chairman, Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Chairman, Commons Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
- Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Fireworks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Tourism (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what plans his Department has to review its plans for the National Quality Assessment Scheme in England following the adjudication of the Advertising Standards Authority in respect of complaint reference A11-16687 by Kwikchex Ltd; (2) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that visitors to the UK are provided...”
- Human Trafficking (8 Feb 2012)
“Order. There is slightly more time because of the earlier Division. If the hon. Gentleman would like to continue for a minute, I will not stop him.”
- Human Trafficking (8 Feb 2012)
“I cannot call the hon. Gentleman unless he has the permission of the initiator of the debate and the Minister. Does he have the permission of both?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 135 written questions in the last year — well 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 47.94% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
Note SNP MPs do not vote on legislation not affecting Scotland. - People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 355 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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 | £21,544 (228th) | £21,561 (315th) | £21,082 (343rd) | £18,448 | £19,409 (339th) | £20,089 (245th) | £19,621 (298th) | £18,010 (1st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,463 (332nd) | £18,534 (318th) | £23,622 (136th) | £25,604 | £19,319 (joint 107th with 2 others) | £18,706 (343rd) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £38,038 (7th) |
| Staffing costs | £81,670 (552nd) | £75,334 (579th) | £78,905 (477th) | £70,146 | £66,577 (486th) | £64,823 (448th) | £60,334 (518th) | £31,216 (621st) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,456 (344th) | £8,675 (299th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,960 (138th)1 | £14,996 (77th)2 | £11,855 (139th)3 | £12,204 | £14,993 (139th) | £15,278 (138th) | £15,828 (118th) | £11,871 (141st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £306 (joint 235th with 1 other) | £714 (145th) | £2,552 (22nd) | £1,489 | £4,620 (5th) | £2,208 (42nd) | £3,221 (12th) | £3,613 (7th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £339 (238th) | £807 (149th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £169 (joint 64th with 1 other) | £583 (35th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,305 (593rd) | £268 (600th) | £257 (619th) | £257 | £952 (307th) | £699 (joint 406th with 1 other) | £642 (499th) | £1,141 (282nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £595 (joint 604th with 1 other) | £1,199 (553rd) | £1,100 | £3,154 (251st) | £3,408 (215th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,458 (33rd) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £1,064 | £1,930 (251st) | £1,930 (246th) | £1,930 (240th) | £1,930 (228th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £143,212 (402nd) | £143,525 (374th) | £140,681 (270th) | £130,312 | £130,954 (173rd) | £127,141 (170th) | £119,810 (175th) | £105,819 (38th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,951 (377th). Rail £4,042 (233rd). Air £5,946 (64th). Misc £21 (230th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,386 (355th). Rail £3,283 (272nd). Air £8,538 (54th). Misc £40 (207th). Other: Rail £58 (146th). European £691 (85th).