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Norman Lamb
Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk
- Shadow Health Secretary (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 10,606 votes. — 324th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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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, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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
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 n/a)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Courts Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Employment Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- International Development Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Back Pain: Medical Treatments (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the implementation of guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on lower back pain; (2) how many primary care trusts are commissioning services for people with lower back pain.”
- Written Answers — Health: Hospital Beds (5 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds (a) there were and (b) were occupied in each type of hospital ward in 2008-09.”
- Written Answers — Health: NHS: Finance (5 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on (a) management, (b) administration and (c) estates staff by each (i) strategic health authority, (ii) primary care trust, (iii) NHS trust and (iv) non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.”
More of Norman Lamb's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 332 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — 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.
- 74 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Norman Lamb speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 319 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Write articles for the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, Associated Newspapers, Limited, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT.
Received payment of £900 for Mail on Sunday article written in February 2009. Hours: 5hrs. (Registered 21 August 2009)
Received payment of £1,000 for Mail on Sunday article written in July 2009. Hours: 4hrs. (Registered 21 August 2009)
Received payment of £800 for Mail on Sunday article completed 20 November 2009. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 27 November 2009)
Completed survey for ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA. Fee of £50 donated to my local Party. Hours: 1hr. (Registered 21 August 2009)
Completed survey for BPRI, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2PX. Fee of £75 donated to my local Party. Hours: 1hr. (Registered 21 August 2009)
Received 2 bottles of wine, estimated value £20, from LCS International Consulting Ltd for chairing the Annual LCS/Public Policy Projects Healthcare Conference. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 27 November 2009)
Completed survey for Populus, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT. Received payment of £50, which will go to North Norfolk and Great Yarmouth Liberal Democrats. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 8 December 2009)
Completed survey for Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY. Received payment of £150, which will go to North Norfolk and Great Yarmouth Liberal Democrats. Hours: 1.25 hrs. (Registered 8 December 2009)
Received a gift of a bottle of wine (value: £8) for participating in a conference organised by E-Health Insider. Address: E-Health Media Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 15 December 2009)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Donations to my constituency party received from:
Terry Cann, of Holt (personal donation from constituent)
Philip Matthews, of Upton (personal donation from constituent)
Liberal Democrat Councillor's Group on North Norfolk District Council.
8. Land and Property
I am listed as one of the lessees of the following properties, which are all offices associated with Steele and Co.:
Commercial leasehold property in Norwich.
Commercial leasehold premises in Eye, Suffolk.
Commercial leasehold premises in Diss, Norfolk.
11. Miscellaneous
Solicitor (non-practising).
Register last updated: 6 Jan 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 | £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)3 | £7,325 (332nd)2 | £9,138 (261st)1 | £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 (166th) | £163,746 (62nd) | £150,908 (79th) | £142,565 | £128,397 (221st) | £120,413 (301st) | £116,735 (239th) | £100,841 (83rd) |
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 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).
1 Car £3,405 (291st). 3rd party £13 (58th). Rail £3,778 (234th). European £1,942 (10th).