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Nick Herbert
Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs
- Minister of State, Justice (since 13 May 2010)
Minister of State (Police), Home Office (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nick Herbert voted on key issues:
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Police, Prisons, Flood Control, Prisoners, Departmental Public Participation
(based on written questions asked by Nick Herbert and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (4 out of 9)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Numbers (21 May 2012)
“The Home Affairs Committee said last year: “We accept that there is no simple relationship between numbers of police officers and levels of crime.” The Government agree.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Numbers (21 May 2012)
“I have already quoted the Select Committee’s view that there is no simple link. However, I can tell the hon. Gentleman that according to the latest official figures relating to crime in Merseyside, published earlier this year, in December last year overall crime had fallen by 2% and the number of instances of violence against the person had fallen by 7%. There are areas of specific...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Numbers (21 May 2012)
“The hon. Gentleman ought to ask what police officers are doing. If they are tied up in red tape, as they were by the last Government, or if they are in back-room positions in which they do not need to be, that is not necessarily the best possible deployment of resources. The latest official figures show that in south Wales overall crime has fallen by 7%, and at the end of last year the chief...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 73.18% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 419 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,720 (159th) | £22,720 (247th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,553 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £7,508 (617th) | £18,419 (326th) | £19,808 (382nd) | £19,932 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £112,456 (3rd) | £90,034 (228th) | £96,176 (14th) | £73,114 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £5,162 (471st) | £323 (595th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,958 (504th)1 | £5,504 (436th)2 | £4,940 (473rd)3 | £3,988 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £21 (joint 407th with 1 other) | £19 (428th) | £204 (joint 322nd with 1 other) | £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 | £2,175 (498th) | £648 (397th) | £799 (362nd) | £1,074 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,330 (321st) | £1,449 (511th) | £2,346 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,039 (joint 547th with 3 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £949 (61st) | £0 | ||||
| Total | £154,000 (277th) | £141,036 (402nd) | £147,449 (127th) | £123,021 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,920 (379th). Rail £1,183 (436th). Other: Rail £855 (22nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,019 (216th). Rail £475 (495th). Other: Rail £573 (37th). Air £437 (9th).