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Peter Bone
Conservative MP for Wellingborough
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Peter Bone voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for 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
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Treasury, Defence, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Human Trafficking, Police, Waiting Times, NHS: Finance, Secondary Schools (Wellingborough)
(based on written questions asked by Peter Bone and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 18)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of 24)
- Banking Bill Committee (15 out of 17)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Charities Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall (8 Feb 2012)
“Human trafficking and the need for a national rapporteur – Peter Bone. ”
- Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)
“I agree with the hon. Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan). If the House had divided on the programme motion, I would have voted against it—the House’s view on it should have been tested. However, I am afraid that the official Opposition did not seek to divide the House, so the Leader of the House cannot be blamed. That said, I hope he will consider such issues in future, because that...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tax Avoidance (Public Servants) (2 Feb 2012)
“I do not think there is a problem with what was set up; the problem is that the Inland Revenue allowed it to happen. I do not understand how such a contract can be awarded to somebody working full time. Unless there was some agreement to the avoidance scheme by the Revenue, it is not the law that is wrong, but the interpretation by the Revenue.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 174 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 92 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 87.75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 108 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 532 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,447 (169th) | £23,061 (168th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,567 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £13,152 (498th) | £17,240 (382nd) | £17,278 (505th) | £19,812 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £109,184 (22nd) | £94,600 (60th) | £90,188 (70th) | £84,232 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,245 (213th) | £9,939 (158th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,094 (441st)1 | £4,997 (466th)2 | £6,114 (395th)3 | £4,793 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £538 (148th) | £596 (176th) | £752 (joint 166th with 1 other) | £683 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £639 (175th) | £641 (179th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £58 (95th) | £121 (78th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,245 (346th) | £1,519 (joint 91st with 1 other) | £671 (428th) | £1,531 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,890 (69th) | £2,578 (328th) | £2,110 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,065 (joint 523rd with 3 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £4,368 (44th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £168,969 (84th) | £158,669 (115th) | £140,705 (269th) | £135,742 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,059 (179th). Rail £887 (473rd). Misc £46 (204th). Other: Mileage £102 (43rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,066 (204th). Rail £854 (453rd). Misc £52 (195th). Other: Rail £25 (175th).
3 Car £3,923 (248th). Rail £1,449 (384th). European £742 (59th).