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Nadine Dorries
Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nadine Dorries voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for 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 a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department, Transport, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Energy Efficiency, Police, Elections, Science, Avian Influenza
(based on written questions asked by Nadine Dorries and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Policing and Crime Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
- Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
- Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“Much of that work can be done in conjunction with the police and local councils. The Localism Act 2011 gave new powers to those councils that are prepared to go the extra mile and implement procedures for some of that work, so some councils, such as Central Bedfordshire, are already doing some of that work. I accept that more needs to be done, but councils can go some way already.”
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“Does my hon. Friend agree that many of the vehicles that transport stolen metal have been filled with red diesel that was also stolen from the place where the metal was stolen, so it is actually a double theft?”
- Gender Balance in Broadcasting (23 Jan 2012)
“That is an interesting figure. If we were to look at the proportions of men and women among the total number of people in the House of Commons, we would probably find that they were about the same, taking into account the administrative and secretarial jobs. It does not actually mean anything to say that half the staff of the BBC are women. Those in the key jobs—the important,...”
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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 34 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.40% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 20 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 141 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,332 (128th) | £22,528 (262nd) | £21,756 (287th) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £28,963 (13th) | £19,399 (270th) | £27,716 (49th) | £21,559 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £86,627 (494th) | £87,098 (344th) | £76,368 (536th) | £68,006 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £9,715 (255th) | £12,989 (42nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,460 (270th)1 | £8,257 (283rd)2 | £12,005 (134th)3 | £8,123 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £1,433 (580th) | £250 (606th) | £326 (600th) | £790 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £665 (599th) | £1,130 (566th) | £2,031 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,132 (joint 446th with 1 other) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £158,530 (217th) | £152,318 (232nd) | £140,383 (275th) | £123,225 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,080 (262nd). Rail £3,862 (243rd). Misc £1,518 (15th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,727 (236th). Rail £3,634 (256th). Misc £896 (38th).