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Nigel Evans
Conservative MP for Ribble Valley
- Deputy Speaker (since 8 Jun 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nigel Evans voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Surplus Assets Sales, Correspondence, Parliamentary Questions, Departmental Data Protection, Ministerial Accommodation
(based on written questions asked by Nigel Evans and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Order. To enable more Members to contribute to this debate, the time limit is now four minutes.”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“To accommodate more Members, the time limit is being reduced immediately, by one minute to five minutes.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 117 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 0.73% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 30 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 1095 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: JTI (Japan Tobacco International)
Address of donor : Members Hill, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I and a guest attended the
Paul McCartney concert at the O2 Arena at the invitation of JTI. Total value £350
Date of receipt of donation: 5 December 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 5 December 2011
Donor status: company, registration number 01501573
(Registered 8 December 2011)
Name of donor: JTI (Japan Tobacco International)
Address of donor : Members Hill, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I attended the
Chelsea Flower Show at the invitation of JTI. Total value £556.40
Date of receipt of donation: 24 May 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 24 May 2011
Donor status: company, registration number 01501573
(Registered 8 December 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Ministry of External Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Address of donor: c/o Taipei Representative Office in the UK, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 W0EB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): approximately £3,600, which includes travel to and from Taiwan (RoC), travel within the country, accommodation and hospitality
Destination of visit: Taipei and I Lan
Date of visit: 29 May-4 June 2011 inclusive
Purpose of visit: part of a parliamentary delegation at the invitation of the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to gain a better understanding of economic and political issues concerning the country.
(Registered 10 June 2011)
Name of donor:
2)Huawei Technologies (UK) Ltd
3)International Department, Central Committee, Communist Party of China
4)British Airways plc
Address of donor:
1)Private
2)Viables 3, Jays Close, Basingstoke, Hampshire
3)4 Flixing Road, Beijing
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)Flight from London to Hong Kong and flight from Beijing to London; value £650
2)One night’s accommodation in Hong Kong; value £600
3)Flight from Shenzen to Guiyang, flight from Guiyang to Beijing, 6 nights accommodation and hospitality; value £1,000
4)Upgrade on homeward bound flight to business class from premium economy; value £602
Destination of visit: Hong Kong and China
Date of visit: 20-28 September 2011
Purpose of visit: to meet representatives of Huawei Technologies Ltd and representatives of the Chinese Government.
(Registered 19 October 2011)
Name of donor: The Canary Wharf Group plc
Address of donor: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,000 for flights, accommodation and food
Destination of visit: Bangladesh
Date of visit: 3-10 January 2012
Purpose of visit: to learn about Bangladeshi culture and about the issues that impact the community in the UK
(Registered 18 January 2012)
8. Land and Property
Newsagent and convenience store in Swansea.
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 | £21,181 (241st) | £18,374 (427th) | £22,104 (joint 196th with 1 other) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £12,466 (502nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,969 (217th) | £11,512 (559th) | £17,765 (482nd) | £23,721 | £17,505 (385th) | £20,110 (7th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £23,222 (100th) |
| Staffing costs | £82,204 (550th) | £75,973 (574th) | £72,579 (579th) | £65,471 | £65,986 (525th) | £75,546 (6th) | £66,665 (170th) | £44,791 (373rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £2,641 (539th) | £1,931 (560th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,957 (163rd)1 | £14,381 (94th)2 | £16,598 (40th)3 | £14,171 | £18,589 (76th) | £20,236 (51st) | £28,642 (5th) | £19,001 (24th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,609 (32nd) | £624 (169th) | £2,806 (13th) | £1,869 | £3,155 (20th) | £1,044 (157th) | £4,290 (2nd) | £413 (270th) |
| 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 | £2,445 (451st) | £514 (481st) | £777 (378th) | £645 | £766 (joint 371st with 1 other) | £873 (joint 316th with 3 others) | £809 (432nd) | £1,368 (203rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,531 (458th) | £2,150 (390th) | £1,974 | £1,468 (497th) | £2,203 (369th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,203 (joint 320th with 2 others) | £1,311 (36th) | £1,536 | £1,565 (554th) | £1,565 (540th) | £1,399 (joint 577th with 1 other) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £141,006 (440th) | £126,043 (570th) | £136,090 (360th) | £131,021 | £129,936 (193rd) | £141,910 (25th) | £139,761 (5th) | £101,261 (76th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,422 (137th). Rail £1,152 (441st). Air £5,383 (68th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,661 (243rd). Rail £1,394 (392nd). Air £9,326 (48th).
3 3rd party £4,678 (2nd). Rail £1,608 (370th). Air £9,711 (42nd). European £601 (77th).