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Nicholas Winterton
Conservative MP for Macclesfield
- Entered Parliament on 30 September 1971 — unknown
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 9,401 votes. — 271st 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 Nicholas Winterton voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
- Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Zimbabwe, Cyprus, Decommissioning, Falkland Islands, Dairy Industry
(based on written questions asked by Nicholas Winterton and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Policing and Crime Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Pensions Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Legal Services Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Road Safety Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Civil Aviation Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Private Security Industry Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (4 Feb 2010) has video
“I shall not be back on 12 May, so will the Leader of the House do me a favour and give me an assurance that, as part of the debate on the reform of the House of Commons, she will negotiate with the Opposition parties about introducing a procedure preventing major parts of legislation from going from this House to the House of Lords without being debated here? That would be one way in which...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (4 Feb 2010) has video
“Mr. Speaker, my Macclesfield constituency is renowned for its excellent dairy farms, but the dairy farmers are deeply worried about the continuing spread of bovine TB. Do the Secretary of State and the Government take seriously the view of the British Veterinary Association, which has warmly welcomed the decision taken by the Welsh Assembly Government to have a pilot cull and stricter...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Fiscal and Monetary Policy (2 Feb 2010) has video
“Would the Minister not accept that this country's elderly can also help to maintain demand in the economy? Bearing in mind that many of them rely on their savings, on which they getting a negative return because of inflation and taxation, is it not time that the taxation system enabled the elderly, who rely upon savings, to get some meaningful return for their responsibility?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 153 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 74 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2008: MP did not accept messages via WriteToThem.
- Has voted in 61% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 25 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
- 42 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Nicholas Winterton speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1492 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 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 | £21,521 (229th) | £14,918 (497th) | £14,797 (508th) | £13,470 | £14,327 (496th) | £14,749 (476th) | £13,833 (545th) | £15,943 (189th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £5,489 (634th) | £7,812 (617th) | £12,251 (596th) | £9,458 | £11,710 (585th) | £4,031 (656th) | £9,366 (630th) | £2,929 (649th) |
| Staffing costs | £74,750 (600th) | £55,388 (638th) | £58,469 (636th) | £52,865 | £52,083 (640th) | £59,529 (597th) | £45,648 (632nd) | £42,183 (466th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,964 (382nd)3 | £6,015 (395th)2 | £6,207 (391st)1 | £6,581 | £10,166 (330th) | £11,363 (275th) | £12,685 (214th) | £10,015 (220th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £53 (joint 375th with 1 other) | £39 (joint 416th with 1 other) | £0 | £259 | £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 | £2,758 (410th) | £1,045 (206th) | £466 (543rd) | £733 | £766 (joint 371st with 1 other) | £268 (606th) | £1,099 (joint 293rd with 1 other) | £743 (432nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,997 (239th) | £2,310 (366th) | £3,387 | £1,077 (561st) | £1,522 (491st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £919 (609th) | £1,449 (18th) | £1,762 | £1,630 (joint 530th with 1 other) | £1,332 (612th) | £762 (640th) | £269 (613th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £518 (92nd) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £110,536 (616th) | £89,133 (639th) | £95,949 (636th) | £88,515 | £92,277 (640th) | £92,794 (621st) | £83,393 (637th) | £72,082 (575th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,156 (89th). Rail £831 (455th). Other: Mileage £28 (80th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,516 (60th). Rail £133 (554th). Other: Air £315 (17th).