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Nick Harvey
Liberal Democrat MP for North Devon
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nick Harvey voted on key issues since 2001:
- 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 removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Culture Media and Sport, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Housing, Afghanistan, Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations, Golden Jubilee, Trident
(based on written questions asked by Nick Harvey and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Licensing Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
- Communications Bill Committee (24 out of 25)
- Office of Communications Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (17 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department's (a) hazard assessment and (b) technical justification for public protection advice in the event of an emergency involving the transportation of nuclear weapons was last reviewed; and when the next review is scheduled to take place.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (12 Jun 2013)
“On the Government plan to double the size of our reserve forces, has the Prime Minister considered the role that retired Ghurkhas might play? Now that they are allowed to settle here, many Ghurkhas have told me that they would welcome an ongoing connection with the British Army, but there is no real routine or tradition of recruiting them. I do not think there is any impediment, but it will...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Defence: Procurement (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has contributed towards expenditure on urgent operational requirements since May 2010.”
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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 43 written questions in the last year — above 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 65.71% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 554 times in debates — above 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 (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 | £22,130 (187th) | £23,036 (181st) | £22,103 (198th) | £21,623 | £20,901 (joint 189th with 5 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,718 (joint 250th with 2 others) | £15,944 (188th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,327 (252nd) | £21,278 (155th) | £20,443 (290th) | £19,979 | £19,145 (201st) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £15,380 (337th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,116 (162nd) | £90,449 (199th) | £87,128 (187th) | £84,024 | £70,296 (353rd) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,568 (239th) | £52,408 (113th) |
| Communications Allowance | £12,476 (70th) | £9,834 (179th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,571 (176th)1 | £10,196 (213th)2 | £9,315 (254th)3 | £7,818 | £13,564 (194th) | £13,394 (199th) | £12,403 (225th) | £10,539 (191st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,064 (77th) | £837 (132nd) | £497 (222nd) | £1,459 | £1,354 (137th) | £121 (407th) | £1,564 (87th) | £627 (211th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £357 (232nd) | £210 (294th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £8 (118th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,294 (336th) | £952 (joint 241st with 1 other) | £1,158 (234th) | £612 | £792 (365th) | £845 (joint 331st with 2 others) | £1,215 (joint 245th with 1 other) | £276 (622nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,318 (joint 323rd with 1 other) | £3,914 (206th) | £2,481 | £2,495 (joint 328th with 1 other) | £3,122 (251st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,374 (joint 89th with 1 other) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £1,029 | £1,954 (joint 180th with 3 others) | £1,954 (joint 175th with 3 others) | £1,954 (joint 173rd with 3 others) | £1,851 (348th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £169,334 (82nd) | £160,492 (92nd) | £145,767 (160th) | £139,025 | £130,501 (179th) | £126,591 (176th) | £120,656 (153rd) | £97,025 (133rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,675 (52nd). Rail £4,331 (218th). Misc £378 (94th). Other: Rail £187 (85th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,904 (57th). Rail £3,986 (239th). Misc £306 (98th).