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Nick Palmer
Former Labour MP for Broxtowe
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 2,296 votes. — 555th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nick Palmer voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly 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 strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements (7 Apr 2010) has video
“I am just concerned, as are a lot of people out there, that what is underlying this debate is a Front-Bench stitch-up. None of the Front Benchers are saying clearly that they are taking a different course. They are whingeing at length about the process, but we are not hearing an alternative concept. For me, the basic case for what is being proposed has not been made, and until we have a...”
- Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements (7 Apr 2010) has video
“Is the hon. Gentleman going to proceed from his party political knockabout to tell us what the Conservative party's position is? Were it to take power, would it not do something very similar?”
- Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements (7 Apr 2010) has video
“I shall be brief, because time is short. I am possibly one of the few Members who have suffered directly from illegal copying. When I produced my video game it was almost immediately copied, and I presume that I lost some royalties from that. So I do not consider this to be a completely trivial problem, as has been suggested. However, there are two basic difficulties. First, the remedy is...”
More of Nick Palmer's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 82.22% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 62 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 218 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
£50 from Communicate Research Ltd for completing opinion survey. Time worked 20 minutes. (Registered 1 July 2009)
£50 from Populus for completing opinion survey. Time worked 10 minutes. Fee paid to charity. (Registered 2 July 2009)
£310 from Language Group, 28 Lincoln Road, London, E13 8LP, for providing Danish interpretation services. Hours: 3hrs. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£85 from Sedat Limani, 201 -1419 17 Ave NW, Calgary, Alberta T2M 2C6, Canada, for Danish translation services. Hours: 8hrs. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£66 for French translation and editing services. Hours: 8hrs. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£56 for French translation and editing services. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£140 for translation and editing. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 7 February 2010)
£99 from Sedat Limani, 201-1419 17 Ave NW, Calgary, Alberta T2M 2C6, Canada for Danish translation services. Hours: 12 hours. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£50 from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for completing a survey. Hours: 15mins. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London, SE1 1FY, for completing survey. Hours: 40mins. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£225 from Language Group, 28 Lincoln Road, London, E13 8LP, for Danish interpretation services. Hours: 2hrs. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£75 from BPRI Group, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2PX, for completing a survey. Hours: 20mins. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£50 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT, for completing a survey. Hours: 20 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 13 September 2009)
£47 from Cyril Simmonet, Keross LLC, POB 506563, Dubai for French translation and editing. Hours: 8hrs. (Registered 6 October 2009)
£314 from Sedat Limani, 201-1419 17 Av NW, Calgary, Alberta T2M 2C6, Canada, for Danish translation. Hours: 16hrs. (Registered 6 October 2009)
Received £71.59 for Danish interpretation. Address of payer: Language Group, 28 Lincoln Road, London E13 8LP. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 8 November 2009)
Received advance payment of £171 for website editing. Address of payer: Dannalab, Toekomststraat 15, Enschede, 7521 CL, The Netherlands. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 8 November 2009)
Received further advance payment of £171 for website editing. Address of payer: Dannalab, Toekomststraat 15, Enschede, 7521 CL, The Netherlands. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 28 December 2009)
Received £105 for Danish translation work. Address of payer: TW Languages, Caidan House, Canal Rd, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire,WA14 1TD. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 28 December 2009)
Received £75 for completing panel survey. Address of payer: ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 28 December 2009)
Received £26 for editing work. Address of payer: Cyril Simmonet, Keross LLC, POB 506563, Dubai. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 28 December 2009)
Walk In Translations, Woodstock, Carrigtohill, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Received £85 for German translation work. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 28 December 2009)
Received £364 for German translation. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 7 February 2010)
Received £242 for German translation. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 14 March 2010)
Received £75 for completing survey. Address: Communications Research, 28 Broadway, London SW1H 9JX. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 7 February 2010)
Received £18 for German translation. Address: tolingo GmbH, Stahltwiete 16, 22761 Hamburg, Germany. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 14 March 2010)
9. Registrable shareholdings
Millholt Investments Ltd; a family company owning a flat and some investments.
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,393 (122nd) | £23,057 (joint 171st with 1 other) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,096 (161st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £20,362 (197th) | £19,125 (286th) | £20,932 (240th) | £21,515 | £17,045 (409th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,231 (joint 196th with 6 others) | £19,120 (195th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,104 (164th) | £92,719 (109th) | £85,145 (joint 292nd with 1 other) | £84,072 | £72,223 (249th) | £69,898 (joint 182nd with 10 others) | £67,404 (joint 154th with 7 others) | £48,875 (220th) |
| Communications Allowance | £12,332 (77th) | £9,995 (joint 143rd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,732 (208th)1 | £8,090 (292nd)2 | £6,256 (385th)3 | £6,802 | £7,794 (434th) | £9,273 (355th) | £9,086 (joint 371st with 1 other) | £6,814 (376th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £368 (200th) | £803 (joint 134th with 1 other) | £347 (258th) | £803 | £602 (254th) | £309 (joint 325th with 1 other) | £314 (329th) | £438 (263rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £589 (joint 185th with 1 other) | £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 | £1,382 (585th) | £450 (joint 521st with 1 other) | £966 (294th) | £790 | £1,517 (171st) | £1,930 (76th) | £1,640 (133rd) | £1,360 (205th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,606 (444th) | £4,297 (174th) | £3,911 | £6,812 (82nd) | £8,509 (35th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,295 (joint 194th with 1 other) | £1,065 (joint 305th with 9 others) | £877 | £2,028 (34th) | £2,028 (30th) | £2,028 (30th) | £2,028 (29th) | |
| Other Costs | £938 (84th) | £189 (86th) | £3,672 (30th) | £0 | £969 (84th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £169,199 (83rd) | £157,329 (135th) | £144,790 (178th) | £140,404 | £129,892 (195th) | £131,079 (101st) | £118,425 (202nd) | £94,731 (173rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,713 (402nd). Rail £8,019 (79th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,961 (394th). Rail £5,893 (157th). Other: European £236 (130th).