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Peter Bone

Conservative MP for Wellingborough

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 687 votes. — 616th 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 Bone voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Health Committee (since 20 Aug 2008)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (since 1 Nov 2005)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since 29 Jun 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Treasury, Defence, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Human Trafficking, Waiting Times, NHS: Finance, Police, Secondary Schools (Wellingborough)

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Banking Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Charities Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Work and Families Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (19 Nov 2009) has video

“I congratulate the Leader of the House on becoming parliamentarian of the year. More importantly, however, in the annual review of Cabinet Ministers' rankings she has shot up from No. 11 to No. 2. As the founder, and sad to say only, member of HOTS-Harriet's Official Tory Supporters-may I ask her for a statement about whether her rise is likely to continue, and whether she can break through...”

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Health Inequalities (12 Nov 2009)

“rose—”

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Health Inequalities (12 Nov 2009)

“Once again, we have heard the Government say that we have the national capitation formula that is based on the needs of particular areas, but they are not meeting those figures because they are overfunding elsewhere. If I had a pound for every time a Minister has told me, "We are closing this gap," I would be a very rich man, but there is no evidence that they are closing the gap. If it is...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 133 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 145 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 95 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.
• 107 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Peter Bone speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 329 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

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 £4,066 (204th). Rail £854 (453rd). Misc £52 (195th). Other: Rail £25 (175th).

^** Car £3,923 (248th). Rail £1,449 (384th). European £742 (59th).