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Nicholas Winterton
Former Conservative MP for Macclesfield

    • Entered Parliament on 30 September 1971 — unknown
    • Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
    • Majority: 9,401 votes. — 271st out of 643 MPs.

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Nicholas Winterton voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Voted very strongly against more EU integration. votes
      • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
      • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
      • Voted for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
      • Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
      • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
      • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
      • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
      • Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
      • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
      • Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
      • Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
      • Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
      • Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
      • Voted strongly against university tuition fees. votes
      • Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
      • Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes

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      Most recent appearances

      Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill: Clause 1 — Amendment of existing procedure in Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (8 Apr 2010) has video

      “Labour Members have not rushed back.”

      Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions (8 Apr 2010) has video

      “I am most grateful to you, Mr. Speaker and I support the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Patrick Cormack). As a Conservative who in this House has consistently supported the mining industry, may I ask the Secretary of State how much he believes that clean coal technology can contribute to the security of energy supplies in this country? We have so much coal...”

      Business of the House: Clause 9 — Rates of alcoholic liquor duties (7 Apr 2010) has video

      “I clearly declare an interest: I am a long-time supporter of the Campaign for Real Ale, and I was the chairman of CAMRA (Real Ale) Investments, a little company that CAMRA formed. Why, despite all the evidence that pubs are closing and brewers are finding it increasingly difficult to survive, are the Government further increasing the tax on beer, a traditional British drink that is already...”

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      • Has spoken in 147 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
      • Has received answers to 66 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
      • Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2008: MP did not accept messages via WriteToThem.
      • Has voted in 60.56% of votes in this 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.
      • 24 people are tracking this MP.
      • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1520 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

      Register of Members’ Interests

      1. Remunerated directorships
      Emerson International Inc. (non-executive). Address: 370 CenterPointe Circle, Suite 1136, Altamonte Springs, Florida, 32701, USA. Company deals with commercial and housing developments in the United States and Portugal. Drawing on pre-parliamentary experience I visit developments in the summer recess, meeting local staff, officials and elected representatives, assess progress and problems and report back to the Chairman. I am paid £10,000 annually (paid yearly) for approximately 150 hours.
      Received £10,000 in the latter half of December 2009. Hours: approx. 150 hrs. (Registered 11 January 2010)
      2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
      £150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for July 2009 parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 1½ hours. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 24 August 2009)
      ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA.
      £75 for July 2009 parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 1 hour. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 24 August 2009)
      £75 received for completing a parliamentary panel survey. Fee donated to charity. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 1 December 2009)
      £75 received for completing a parliamentary panel survey. Fee donated to charity. Hours: 50 mins. (Registered 11 January 2010)
      £75 received for completing a survey. Hours: 50 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 25 March 2010)
      Payments from BPRI, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2PX, for parliamentary surveys:
      £75; payment donated to charity. Hours: 1hr. (Registered 1 September 2009)
      £75; payment donated to charity. Hours: 45 mins (Registered 25 November 2009)
      £75 received for completing a survey. Hours: 50 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 7 April 2010)
      4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
      Donations to my constituency party received from:
      The Emerson Group Ltd
      Macclesfield Conservative and Unionist Patrons' Club
      John A Downs, Sutton, Nr Macclesfield (personal donation)
      6. Overseas visits
      Name of donor: Government of Taiwan
      Address of donor: Taiwan Representative Office, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB.
      Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): unknown, but probably more than £1,000.
      Destination of visit: Republic of China (Taiwan)
      Date of visit: 30 March to 6 April 2010
      Purpose of visit: meetings with the President of Taiwan and other members of the Government, and members of the Taiwan Parliament.
      (Registered 9 April 2010)

      Register last updated: 12 Apr 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.

      Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£59,702 (633rd) £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)1 £6,015 (395th)2 £6,207 (391st)3 £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£95,488 (635th) £89,133 (639th) £95,949 (636th) £88,515 £92,277 (640th) £92,794 (621st) £83,393 (637th) £72,082 (575th)

      1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,516 (60th). Rail £133 (554th). Other: Air £315 (17th).

      2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,156 (89th). Rail £831 (455th). Other: Mileage £28 (80th).

      3 Car £5,695 (93rd). Rail £512 (471st).

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      Other offices held in the past

      • Member, Conventions (Joint Committee) (13 Jun 2006 to 23 May 2008)
      • Member, Liaison Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 3 Aug 2006)
      • Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
      • Chairman, Procedure Committee (20 Jul 2005 to 13 Dec 2005)
      • Member, Procedure Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 20 Jul 2005)
      • Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 11 May 2010)
      • Member, Standing Orders Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
      • Chairman, Procedure Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
      • Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
      • Member, Liaison Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
      • Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)

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