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Nick Harvey
Liberal Democrat MP for North Devon
- Shadow Defence Secretary (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Majority: 4,972 votes. — 475th 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 Nick Harvey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly 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, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (since 4 Nov 2009)
- Member, Members Estimate Committee (since 4 Jun 2008)
- Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
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)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Communications Bill Committee (24 out of n/a)
- Licensing Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Office of Communications Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Housing: Energy (4 Nov 2009)
“Energy ratings for public buildings were introduced in 2008 under the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 and therefore energy ratings are available for 2008 and 2009 only. House of Commons display energy certificate ratings 2008 2009 Building Energy rating Energy band Energy rating Energy band Palace...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Official Visits (3 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much on average it cost his Department to provide overnight accommodation for (a) Ministers and (b) officials travelling (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas in an official capacity in the latest period for which figures are available.”
- Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: House of Commons: Offices (3 Nov 2009)
“The number of vacant rooms on the House of Commons estate fluctuates constantly as requirements change or maintenance work is carried out. Only records of current vacancies are maintained. At present there are 14 unoccupied offices on the estate with a total area of 230m(2). Six of these offices are vacant to enable major roof works to take place in the area known as the "Yellow Submarine"...”
More of Nick Harvey's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 254 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 3 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 57 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Nick Harvey speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 389 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,036 (181st) | £22,103 (198th) | £21,623 | £20,901 (joint 189th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,718 (joint 250th) | £15,944 (188th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £21,278 (155th) | £20,443 (290th) | £19,979 | £19,145 (201st) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £15,380 (337th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £90,449 (199th) | £87,128 (187th) | £84,024 | £70,296 (353rd) | £68,023 (joint 228th) | £65,568 (239th) | £52,408 (113th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,834 (179th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,196 (213th)* | £9,315 (254th)** | £7,818 | £13,564 (194th) | £13,394 (199th) | £12,403 (225th) | £10,539 (191st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £837 (132nd) | £497 (222nd) | £1,459 | £1,354 (137th) | £121 (407th) | £1,564 (87th) | £627 (211th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £210 (294th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £8 (118th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £952 (joint 241st) | £1,158 (234th) | £612 | £792 (365th) | £845 (joint 331st) | £1,215 (joint 245th) | £276 (622nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,318 (joint 323rd) | £3,914 (206th) | £2,481 | £2,495 (joint 328th) | £3,122 (251st) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,374 (joint 89th) | £1,209 (joint 97th) | £1,029 | £1,954 (joint 180th) | £1,954 (joint 175th) | £1,954 (joint 173rd) | £1,851 (348th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £160,492 (92nd) | £145,767 (160th) | £139,025 | £130,501 (179th) | £126,591 (176th) | £120,656 (153rd) | £97,025 (133rd) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,904 (57th). Rail £3,986 (239th). Misc £306 (98th).
** Car £6,581 (44th). Rail £2,406 (303rd). Air £328 (178th).