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Paul Burstow
Liberal Democrat MP for Sutton and Cheam
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Paul Burstow voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. 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 against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Criminal Records Bureau, Care Homes, Dentistry, Correspondence, Parliamentary Questions
(based on written questions asked by Paul Burstow and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
- Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Protection Agency Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (16 out of 23)
- Social Security Fraud Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Mental Health (16 May 2013)
“I thank the Backbench Business Committee again for enabling us to have the debate. I also thank those on both Front Benches, my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Mr Walker) and the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mrs Moon), and every other Member who has either intervened in the debate or contributed directly. Today’s debate on mental health, like last year’s, has created and...”
- Mental Health (16 May 2013)
“That is a welcome announcement from the Minister about achieving parity of esteem in emergency and crisis care. However, in the wake of the Francis inquiry, which rightly drew our attention to serious patient safety and dignity issues in our physical health care system, I suspect that we will need to ensure that we are not distracted or led into not addressing the same issues—which...”
- Mental Health (16 May 2013)
“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of mental health. There can be no health without mental health, and, above all else, I hope that today’s debate communicates that clearly and powerfully in the country and in this House. I start by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for recommending this most important of subjects for a debate, and the Government for...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 42 written questions in the last year — above 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 76.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 702 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £11,160 (561st) | £12,006 (542nd) | £20,137 (353rd) | £21,134 | £19,302 (joint 138th with 2 others) | £18,684 (356th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £15,459 (333rd) |
| Staffing costs | £97,629 (254th) | £87,754 (325th) | £82,085 (397th) | £82,945 | £77,534 (joint 77th with 6 others) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £72,291 (27th) | £54,513 (80th) |
| Communications Allowance | £16,158 (20th) | £15,525 (19th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,318 (568th)1 | £2,534 (567th)2 | £2,413 (575th)3 | £2,271 | £2,964 (594th) | £2,913 (592nd) | £3,782 (568th) | £2,955 (566th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £7 (431st) | £56 (408th) | £10 | £17 (joint 462nd with 2 others) | £17 (joint 473rd with 2 others) | £78 (430th) | £48 (joint 437th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £7 (343rd) | £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 | £4,859 (194th) | £1,798 (48th) | £2,274 (77th) | £1,195 | £3,156 (47th) | £1,728 (98th) | £1,879 (100th) | £1,696 (121st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,963 (62nd) | £7,377 (70th) | £3,950 | £8,197 (62nd) | £6,185 (72nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,267 (joint 230th with 1 other) | £1,064 (315th) | £0 | £1,878 (345th) | £1,878 (339th) | £1,878 (331st) | £1,878 (311th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £543 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £135,047 (504th) | £128,666 (544th) | £118,118 (567th) | £114,661 | £114,666 (493rd) | £107,964 (535th) | £99,669 (546th) | £77,776 (516th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £405 (551st). Rail £1,828 (369th). Other: Rail £85 (111th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £769 (541st). Rail £1,687 (372nd). Other: Air £78 (47th).