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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 a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted 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 a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. 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)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Croydon (2 Feb 2012)
“Police personnel data are collected on a financial year cycle. The latest available data shows the number of police officers serving in Croydon as at 31 March 2010 and as at 31 March 2011 (full-time equivalent). Police officer strength in Croydon (1) Number 31 March 2010 755 31 March 2011 736 (1) These figures are based on full-time equivalents that have been...”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Knives: Crime (1 Feb 2012)
“holding answer 24 January 2012 Data for selected offences involving the use of a knife or sharp instrument are collected by the Home Office at police force area level only, so data are not available for Ashfield constituency. Data are provided for Nottinghamshire police force area. In the Nottinghamshire police force area, there were 436 robberies involving a knife or sharp instrument in the...”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Members: Surveillance (1 Feb 2012)
“holding answer 24 January 2012 In answer to questions in the House of Commons on 17 November 1966, the then Prime Minister, the right hon. Harold Wilson, said that he had given instructions that there was to be no tapping of the telephones of Members of Parliament and that if there were a development which required a change of policy he would make a statement in the House about it. The...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — 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 77.73% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 16 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") 406 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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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).