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Peter Atkinson

Conservative MP for Hexham

• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
• Majority: 5,020 votes. — 431st 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 Peter Atkinson voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against 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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (since 22 Oct 2009)
• Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 3 Aug 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Communities and Local Government, Health, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Home Information Packs, Softwood, London Underground, Departmental Budget

(based on written questions asked by Peter Atkinson and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Chairman, Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Climate Change Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Offender Management Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Commons Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Compensation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Inquiries Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Education Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Mental Capacity Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Employment Relations Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• School Transport Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Patents Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Communications Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Chairman, State Pension Credit Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Social Security Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (29 Oct 2009) has video

“The Leader of the House did not answer the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for North-West Hampshire (Sir George Young) about the dates of the Easter recess. What is her problem?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Light Pollution (29 Oct 2009) has video

“When the Minister meets his colleagues in the Department for Children, Schools and Families, will he remind them of a report produced by the then Department of the Environment called "Lighting in the Countryside: Towards Good Practice". That was published 12 years ago and highlighted the danger of poorly planned lighting schemes in rural communities and market towns. Since then, very little...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 291 — The coastal access duty (26 Oct 2009) has video

“I wish to say a few brief words in support of the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Mr. Benyon) from our Front Bench. I did not serve on the Committee, so this is the first time that I have been able to comment on this part of the Bill. Like him, I think it is regrettable that this whole matter of coastal access was put into a very important Bill dealing with marine...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 67% 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.
• 62 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Peter Atkinson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 270 times in debates — 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 £3,295 (270th). Rail £4,443 (216th). Air £2,231 (83rd). Misc £93 (167th).

^** Car £4,467 (199th). Rail £4,333 (211th). Air £2,339 (94th).