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Paul Holmes

Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 3,045 votes. — 521st out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Paul Holmes voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for 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
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on 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

Select Committee membership

• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 29 Jan 2008)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Home Department, Health, Culture Media and Sport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Data Protection, New Deal, Departmental ICT, Departmental Websites, Departmental Information Officers

(based on written questions asked by Paul Holmes and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Mental Capacity Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Hunting Bill Committee (23 out of n/a)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Coroners and Justice Bill: Removal of limitation on warrants under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (12 Nov 2009) has video

“The amendments are variously technical, minor and consequential, and we support them. I add my thanks to everybody who has taken part in this process over the past year. The only group that we have forgotten is the humble parliamentary researchers, including mine who did all the work earlier in the year, and my new one who has done all the work to prepare for the debate in the past week....”

Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 35 — Contents of injunctions: supplemental (12 Nov 2009) has video

“Although we welcome amendments 30 to 39 as a partial step forward in the right direction, we need to remember the background. The courts rejected the experiment in Birmingham on the grounds that other measures, such as ASBOs, could be used instead, and that there was not enough evidence from police and councillors in Birmingham to justify the imposition of such injunctions. Many people have...”

Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 96 — Retention and destruction of samples etc: England and Wales (12 Nov 2009) has video

“Lords amendments 40, 41 and 42 are very welcome, because they remove the Government's attempt to give themselves a blank cheque to act on such a controversial issue, whereby in light of the European ruling on DNA, they would say, "We'll go away and come up with suggestions in private. We'll write them into law. We'll put them through a Statutory Instrument Committee. There'll be no debate in...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 227 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 73% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 188 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,815 (409th). Rail £6,305 (141st). Other: Mileage £169 (38th). Rail £96 (120th).

^** Car £2,054 (420th). Rail £7,053 (90th).