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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
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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, Higher Education
(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)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Pensions Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (10 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
- Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009)
“I should like to start by praising the work of Select Committees, although perhaps that is slightly self-indulgent, as I am a member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee. The hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman), who chairs the Committee, touched on the subject slightly, but did not go into too much detail in order to spare his blushes. Recently, a national newspaper looked...”
- Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009)
“I thank the hon. Gentleman for that partial clarification. I heard what was said as meaning that academies would be the obvious, logical places for looked-after children; to me, the obvious place is the best school nearest to where the child is—that may well be the school that they already attend, of course. This is not a debate about education as such, but I should say that the jury is...”
- Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009)
“I regret the fact that boarding provision in state schools was more or less wiped out during my years of working in schools. There were, for example, two state schools in Derbyshire with boarding provision, one of which I worked at. One had disappeared before I started working at that school and the other disappeared a few years later. There is no state school with boarding provision in...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 240 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 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above 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") 177 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 24 Jun 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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £19,811 (394th) | £22,068 (joint 232nd) | £19,044 | £18,788 (365th) | £18,660 (334th) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £17,981 (67th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £21,304 (147th) | £20,686 (259th) | £19,845 | £19,217 (186th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £15,820 (321st) |
| Staffing Allowance | £88,248 (303rd) | £86,770 (joint 211th) | £84,081 | £70,439 (314th) | £67,132 (373rd) | £65,486 (255th) | £55,870 (57th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,349 (399th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,385 (278th)* | £9,107 (262nd)** | £8,478 | £9,189 (364th) | £11,514 (264th) | £11,181 (joint 279th) | £7,259 (358th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £180 (joint 331st) | £161 (joint 344th) | £102 | £154 (joint 390th) | £231 (joint 355th) | £1,174 (136th) | £348 (298th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £54 (joint 99th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,375 (116th) | £3,907 (27th) | £804 | £2,328 (85th) | £2,470 (37th) | £1,998 (88th) | £2,670 (30th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,630 (439th) | £11,571 (24th) | £1,077 | £4,370 (172nd) | £7,980 (41st) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,206 (317th) | £1,159 (joint 167th) | £1,022 | £1,952 (joint 190th) | £1,952 (joint 185th) | £1,952 (joint 183rd) | £1,952 (joint 174th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £12,168 (9th) | £9,391 (8th) | £1,500 (joint 57th) | £0 |
| Total | £148,542 (295th) | £155,429 (46th) | £134,453 | £138,605 (74th) | £138,129 (41st) | £121,247 (140th) | £101,900 (69th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,815 (409th). Rail £6,305 (141st). Other: Mileage £169 (38th). Rail £96 (120th).