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Nick Hurd

Conservative MP for Ruislip - Northwood

  • - Shadow Minister (Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering), Shadow Minister (since 27 Jul 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
  • Majority: 8,910 votes. — 241st out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Nick Hurd voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately 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 moderately against 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

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Cabinet Office, Health, Home Department, Justice, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Public Relations, Executive Agencies, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Rail Travel, Departmental Training

(based on written questions asked by Nick Hurd and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — Wales: Departmental Communication (8 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of Lord Bates of 3 December 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA68, on Government departments: annual reports, and with reference to the Government Response to the House of Lords Communications Committee's report into Government Communications, whether his Department publishes an annual report on departmental...”

Written Answers — Wales: Departmental Information Officers (8 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff in his Department have the status of (a) embedded communicators and (b) are members of the Government Communications Network and are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book.”

Written Answers — Scotland: Newspaper Licensing Agency (8 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what payments were made by his Department and each of its agencies to the Newspaper Licensing Agency in each of the last 10 years.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 15 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 324 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 68% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 10 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.
  • 72 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Nick Hurd speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 90 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

1. Remunerated directorships
Sancroft International (non-executive); corporate responsibility consultancy. Address: 46 Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AP. Work includes corporate development and business planning.
Received £2,080 monthly retainer fee for July 2009. Hours: 10 hours. (Registered 16 September 2009)
Received £2,080 monthly retainer fee for August 2009. Hours: 10 hours. (Registered 16 September 2009)
Received £2,080 monthly retainer fee for September 2009. Hours: 10 hours. (Registered 7 December 2009)
Received £2,080 monthly retainer fee for October 2009. Hours: 10 hours. (Registered 7 December 2009)
Received £2,080 monthly retainer fee for November 2009. Hours: 10 hours. (Registered 7 December 2009)
Received £2,080 monthly retainer fee for December 2009. Hours: 10 hours. (Registered 7 December 2009)
6. Overseas visits
8-11 September 2008, to Beijing, China, to attend the second UK-China Leadership of the Future Forum. The visit was arranged and paid for by the UK-China Forum with sponsorship from Barclays Capital, BP and Rolls-Royce, and the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party. (Registered 10 December 2008)

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
Staying away from main home£0 £0 £0 £0        
London costs£2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) £2,360        
Office running costs£26,072 (37th) £20,025 (239th) £27,352 (55th) £15,007        
Staffing costs£96,325 (296th) £80,990 (518th) £69,964 (593rd) £60,795        
Communications Allowance£9,417 (283rd) £13,323 (35th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£2,154 (574th)3 £2,444 (574th)2 £1,712 (596th)1 £3,847        
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £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£2,085 (513th) £216 (620th) £569 (joint 494th with 1 other) £459        
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£690 (joint 597th with 1 other) £1,926 (425th) £1,859 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £981 (joint 588th with 1 other) £941 (joint 499th with 1 other) £941        
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
Total£138,969 (470th) £121,481 (592nd) £105,176 (618th) £85,268        

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,084 (386th). Rail £360 (507th).

3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,258 (465th). Rail £896 (472nd).

1 Car £851 (542nd). Rail £861 (434th).