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Norman Baker
Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Regional and Local Transport), Transport (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Norman Baker voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Defence, Home Department, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial Travel, Departmental Travel, Departments: Internet, Departmental Rail Travel
(based on written questions asked by Norman Baker and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Local Transport Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
- Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Energy Bill Committee (9 out of 14)
- Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Waste and Emissions Trading Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Water Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (23 out of 39)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Hunting Bill Committee (4 out of 16)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: Blue Badge Scheme: Cumbria (9 Feb 2012)
“Figures are not held by parliamentary constituency. Figures are available at local authority level for the last three years and the data for Cumbria are shown in the following table: Total number of Blue Badges issued in Cumbria 2008-09 11,823 2009-10 11,482 2010-11 11,539”
- Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Food (9 Feb 2012)
“Between 2007 and 2010 DEFRA published three annual reports on food procurement which covered the period April 2006 to March 2009. The final one of this series is available at http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/policy/publicsectorfood /documents/100226-food-proc-initiative.pdf A summary of all three years is on page 4 of this document. The data for year 4 was not captured by the Department....”
- Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Public Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)
“The Department for Transport (DFT) investment programme includes projects in procurement that are estimated to attract £6 billion in capital investments from private sector capital investment. DFT is working with Infrastructure UK on developing an integrated view of future investment by identifying and prioritising pipeline infrastructure projects. Infrastructure UK, alongside DFT, will...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below 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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 79.57% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 23 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 828 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 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 (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 | £22,133 (186th) | £21,862 (297th) | £21,085 (342nd) | £20,814 | £20,823 (joint 231st with 1 other) | £18,544 (346th) | £19,716 (254th) | £13,340 (475th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £26,700 (32nd) | £24,993 (54th) | £29,536 (6th) | £21,994 | £20,636 (8th) | £17,316 (516th) | £18,183 (joint 288th with 1 other) | £19,556 (177th) |
| Staffing costs | £95,698 (315th) | £84,032 (440th) | £80,386 (435th) | £82,085 | £70,489 (312th) | £65,887 (425th) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £40,932 (494th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,159 (296th) | £9,488 (233rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,691 (403rd)1 | £4,926 (471st)2 | £5,576 (432nd)3 | £4,839 | £6,180 (492nd) | £6,188 (477th) | £5,979 (487th) | £3,933 (522nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £113 (331st) | £73 (joint 390th with 2 others) | £199 (327th) | £124 | £81 (434th) | £147 (390th) | £358 (joint 307th with 1 other) | £63 (joint 427th with 2 others) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £169 (287th) | £97 (joint 330th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £61 (94th) | £73 (93rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,260 (105th) | £1,324 (125th) | £1,505 (157th) | £1,889 | £1,653 (145th) | £1,187 (190th) | £1,604 (143rd) | £1,322 (217th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,913 (joint 141st with 1 other) | £2,920 (297th) | £4,830 | £3,849 (197th) | £2,627 (joint 313th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,073 (joint 513th with 1 other) | £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) | £0 | £1,876 (joint 353rd with 3 others) | £1,876 (joint 346th with 3 others) | £1,876 (joint 338th with 3 others) | £1,876 (joint 318th with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £358 (82nd) | £362 (78th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £165,983 (116th) | £152,212 (234th) | £142,504 (225th) | £136,575 | £125,587 (282nd) | £113,772 (448th) | £113,312 (322nd) | £81,022 (470th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £720 (524th). Rail £3,933 (239th). Other: Rail £630 (34th). European £408 (106th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £880 (532nd). Rail £3,347 (268th). Other: Rail £238 (77th). European £461 (109th).
3 Car £1,210 (515th). Rail £3,905 (231st). European £461 (94th).