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Nick Herbert

Conservative MP for Arundel & South Downs

• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (since 19 Jan 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 11,309 votes. — 232nd out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Nick Herbert voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and 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)

• Serious Crime Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Rural Economy (2 Jul 2009) has video

“May I add my own congratulations to you, Mr. Speaker? It appears that the recession is already taking its toll on DEFRA, which has had its budget cut by £200 million since the pre-Budget report. Will the Minister confirm to rural communities that DEFRA's budget is frozen for the next three years—what the Prime Minister would call a "zero per cent. rise"—which means that it...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Rural Economy (2 Jul 2009) has video

“Why does the Minister not at least have the courage to repeat what the Secretary of State admitted on "Any Questions?" last week, when he said that the DEFRA budget was "going to be less"? Rural communities are being hit hard in the recession and they want the truth about what lies ahead. Rising unemployment and debt interest mean that the Government's own plans show spending cuts of at least...”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Eco-towns (25 Jun 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the responses received relating to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) stage one financial viability study of the eco-towns programme have been passed to the PwC team; and what provision there is for earlier comments to be taken into account during stage two of the study.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 47 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 68% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 95 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Nick Herbert speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 196 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,019 (216th). Rail £475 (495th). Other: Rail £573 (37th). Air £437 (9th).

^** Car £4,035 (236th). Rail £905 (428th).