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Nick Harvey
Liberal Democrat MP for North Devon
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nick Harvey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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
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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
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Communications Bill Committee (24 out of 25)
- Licensing Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
- 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: 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.”
- Petitions: Access to Eculizumab (14 May 2013)
“I rise to present a petition on behalf of the sufferers of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome, known as aHUS, a rare disease that causes irreversible kidney failure. Until recently there was no effective treatment for this condition, which has 139 known patients in England, of whom 20 live in Devon. I am presenting the petition to press for aHUS sufferers’ access to Eculizumab, a new...”
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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 42 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 65.09% 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).