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Nicholas Soames
Conservative MP for Mid Sussex
- Also represented Crawley
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nicholas Soames voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Afghanistan, Nato, Israel, Housing
(based on written questions asked by Nicholas Soames and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Hunting Bill Committee (17 out of 31)
- Hunting Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of people killed in unmanned aerial vehicle strikes in Afghanistan in each of the last three years.”
- Written Answers — Health: General Practitioners (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to next amend the GP contract.”
- Written Answers — Health: General Practitioners (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps GPs are taking to keep elderly, frail people out of hospital.”
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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 286 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67.53% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 19–20 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") 804 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
AEGIS Defence Services Limited (non-executive). Address: 84 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PX. Attend meetings in pursuit of duties as non-executive director and (since 1 January 2010) non-executive chairman.
Received monthly salary for April 2012 of £8,333 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2012)
Received monthly salary for May 2012 of £8,333 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 11 June 2012)
Received monthly salary for June 2012 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 3 July 2012)
Received monthly salary for July 2012 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 2 August 2012)
Received monthly salary for August 2012 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 10 September 2012)
Received monthly salary for September 2012 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 9 October 2012)
Received monthly salary for October 2012 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 1 November 2012)
Received monthly salary for November 2012 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 7 December 2012)
Received monthly salary for December 2012 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 8 January 2013)
Received monthly salary for January 2013 of £33,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Received monthly salary for February 2013 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 5 March 2013)
Received monthly salary for March 2013 of £8,333.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 11 April 2013)
Received monthly salary for April 2013 of £8,583.33 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 2 May 2013)
Aggregated Micro Power plc (non-executive); renewable energy investment business. Address: Hasilwood House, 62 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AW.
14 January 2103, received two payments each of £9,000 gross for the periods July – September 2012 and October – December 2012; £18,000 in total. Hours: 20 hrs in total. (Registered 14 January 2013)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Senior Adviser, MMC Group; insurance and related financial services. Address: Marsh Ltd, Tower Place, London, EC3R 5BU. Work includes attending meetings and advising on business opportunities.
Received monthly salary for April 2012 of £7,660 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2012) £7,671.47 gross
Received monthly salary for May 2012 of £7,671.47 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 11 June 2012)
Received monthly salary for June 2012 of £7,910.12 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 3 July 2012)
Received monthly salary for July 2012 of £7,660.12 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 2 August 2012)
Received monthly salary for August 2012 of £7,671.67 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 10 September 2012)
Received monthly salary for September 2012 of £7,660.12 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 9 October 2012)
Received monthly salary for October 2012 of £7,660.12 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 1 November 2012)
Received monthly salary for November 2012 of £7,671.67 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 7 December 2012)
Received monthly salary for December 2012 of £7,660.12 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 8 January 2013)
Received monthly salary for January 2013 of £7,910.12 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 6 February 2013)
Received monthly salary for February 2013 of £13,171.67 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 5 March 2013)
Received monthly salary for March 2013 of £7,660.12 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 11 April 2013)
Received monthly salary for April 2013 of £7,739.46 gross. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 2 May 2013)
Senior Advisor on Strategic Issues to Intrepid Capital Partners, 199 Knightsbridge, London SW7 1RE.
7 February 2012, received annual payment of £20,000 net. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 28 February 2012)
26 March 2013, received annual payment of £20,000 net. Hours: 40 hrs. (Registered 11 April 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Falcon and Associates
Address of donor: PO Box 214432, Dubai, UAE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Approx £4,000 for flights and approx £1,500 for accommodation
Destination of visit: Dubai
Date of visit: 29 March 2012 to 1 April 2012
Purpose of visit: Annual Falcon and Associates Round Table and visit to Dubai World Cup
(Registered 3 May 2012 )
Name of donor: Majlis As Shura, Shura Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Address of donor: c/o Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 30 Charles Street, London W1J 5DZ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, food, transport and accommodation; total value £5,749.19
Destination of visit: Saudi Arabia
Date of visit: 10-14 March 2013
Purpose of visit: visit organized by Conservative Middle East Council to meet with representatives of the Government in Saudi Arabia and British representatives
(Registered 27 March 2013
11. Miscellaneous
Co-Chair of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration. Migrationwatch UK provides secretarial, research and administrative support, pays for printing costs and maintains the group’s website. Quiller Consultants, which is a consultancy, is paid by its client, Migrationwatch UK, to act as consultants to the group. (Registered 9 May 2011)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £19,391 (313th) | £21,869 (296th) | £20,491 (371st) | £18,442 | £20,730 (254th) | £20,250 (joint 215th with 1 other) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,738 (joint 236th with 8 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £21,793 (135th) | £19,322 (274th) | £20,337 (330th) | £12,140 | £19,254 (174th) | £17,058 (528th) | £16,745 (495th) | £16,789 (273rd) |
| Staffing costs | £98,651 (207th) | £89,677 (247th) | £87,217 (179th) | £75,516 | £69,998 (382nd) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,115 (joint 300th with 1 other) | £44,468 (384th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,433 (382nd) | £11,815 (53rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,832 (589th)1 | £1,982 (586th)2 | £2,039 (588th)3 | £1,924 | £4,854 (540th) | £4,197 (joint 550th with 1 other) | £2,740 (595th) | £1,804 (601st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £10 (430th) | £0 | £45 | £82 (433rd) | £14 (joint 478th with 1 other) | £42 (joint 449th with 1 other) | £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 | £2,651 (421st) | £527 (joint 473rd with 1 other) | £567 (498th) | £746 | £986 (300th) | £831 (joint 341st with 1 other) | £1,266 (226th) | £1,409 (joint 195th with 2 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,846 (401st) | £2,097 (401st) | £1,999 | £1,970 (409th) | £2,200 (371st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,376 (joint 84th with 2 others) | £1,246 (joint 64th with 1 other) | £660 | £1,419 (596th) | £1,419 (585th) | £1,178 (609th) | £1,178 (528th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £151,752 (309th) | £148,424 (299th) | £133,994 (399th) | £111,472 | £119,293 (413th) | £113,992 (444th) | £106,808 (464th) | £81,386 (467th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,323 (458th). Rail £438 (508th). Other: Rail £71 (119th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,837 (407th). Rail £145 (549th).