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Nick Hurd

Conservative MP for Ruislip - Northwood

• Shadow Minister, Cabinet Office (since 7 Oct 2008)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 8,910 votes. — 240th 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 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

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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

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

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Justice, Duchy of Lancaster, Education and Skills

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

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Third Sector (2 Jul 2009)

“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent assessment has been made of the cost- effectiveness of Government funding for (a) charities, (b) social enterprises and (c) voluntary organisations.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Voluntary Sector (1 Jul 2009) has video

“May I press the new Minister for a better answer to the question put by my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (Robert Key)? Church groups, scout groups and sports clubs face crippling hikes in their water bills as a result of the proposed changes. Three months ago, I asked the previous Minister whether he would consider a moratorium, at least until an impact assessment was carried out. He...”

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Central Office of Information: Expenditure (30 Jun 2009)

“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Blaby on 12 November 2008, Official Report, column 759, on public relations, what the reasons are for the difference between the figure of £265 million given in the answer and the figure of £391 million for Central Office of Information (COI) spending on public relations, marketing and...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 151 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 69% 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.
• 65 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Nick Hurd speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 88 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

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

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