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Norman Lamb
Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk
- Assistant Whip, House of Commons (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — 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 Norman Lamb voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Trade and Industry, Defence, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Sick Leave, Iraq, Departmental Annual Report, Afghanistan, Carbon Management Programme
(based on written questions asked by Norman Lamb and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 21)
- Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (1 out of 7)
- National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Courts Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
- National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 16)
- Employment Bill Committee (12 out of 17)
- Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- International Development Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Energy and Climate Change (20 Dec 2011)
“I thank all hon. Members for their thoughtful and measured contributions, including that wonderful description of the Planning Inspectorate’s recent decision. Many hon. Members will have some sympathy with the views expressed there. I must confess a personal interest. I am the son of a climatologist, so I spent many of my formative years learning about the natural cycles of climate,...”
- Energy and Climate Change (20 Dec 2011)
“Absolutely, I do. I accept that completely, and that is why the Government are determined to take decisive action. The consequences, however, of a 3.5° C to 4° C rise would be devastating, including a 2 metre rise in sea levels, a massive impact on food production and so on, but to hit the 2° C target we need global emissions to peak by 2020 and, after that, to reduce by 4%...”
- Energy and Climate Change (20 Dec 2011)
“I will not, because I am conscious of time constraints and think that I must press on. The hon. Members for Daventry and for Montgomeryshire discussed wind energy. First, it is important to recognise that this does cause concern for many people; we are all familiar with that in our own constituencies. Those concerns cannot just be dismissed. There are inevitably tensions between the absolute...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below 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 81.74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 333 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 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 | £18,999 (325th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £18,756 (430th) | £19,966 | £17,084 (427th) | £17,581 (389th) | £19,680 (joint 281st with 4 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £23,319 (80th) | £22,951 (94th) | £22,043 (183rd) | £22,321 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,763 (joint 291st with 1 other) | £18,155 (309th) | £34,153 (18th) |
| Staffing costs | £96,468 (288th) | £92,443 (111th) | £80,258 (438th) | £80,984 | £70,420 (joint 315th with 1 other) | £65,828 (427th) | £65,517 (252nd) | £40,140 (509th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,400 (joint 166th with 5 others) | £10,000 (joint 130th with 10 others) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,989 (380th)1 | £7,325 (332nd)2 | £9,138 (261st)3 | £8,332 | £8,447 (401st) | £8,127 (395th) | £7,964 (412th) | £4,834 (478th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £58 (joint 365th with 4 others) | £297 (joint 280th with 1 other) | £212 (321st) | £45 | £0 | £35 (joint 463rd with 1 other) | £569 (joint 239th with 1 other) | £575 (223rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £170 (joint 285th with 1 other) | £162 (303rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £32 (102nd) | £25 (109th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,301 (101st) | £1,822 (44th) | £1,962 (102nd) | £1,886 | £1,452 (179th) | £1,618 (107th) | £1,733 (120th) | £1,253 (244th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,527 (99th) | £5,049 (135th) | £6,313 | £4,438 (167th) | £4,798 (joint 124th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,111 (joint 476th with 3 others) | £1,039 (joint 363rd with 3 others) | £877 | £1,877 (joint 346th with 6 others) | £1,877 (joint 340th with 5 others) | £1,877 (joint 332nd with 5 others) | £1,877 (joint 312th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £12,451 (5th) | £1,841 | £5,354 (36th) | £1,786 (51st) | £1,240 (64th) | £0 |
| Total | £161,735 (170th) | £163,746 (62nd) | £150,908 (79th) | £142,565 | £128,397 (221st) | £120,413 (301st) | £116,735 (239th) | £100,841 (83rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,118 (259th). Rail £1,710 (380th). Misc £6 (247th). Other: Mileage £98 (47th). Rail £436 (46th). European £621 (88th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,133 (281st). Rail £3,492 (263rd). Misc £14 (243rd). Other: Rail £550 (40th). Air £136 (39th).
3 Car £3,405 (291st). 3rd party £13 (58th). Rail £3,778 (234th). European £1,942 (10th).