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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

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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

Points of Order (5 Nov 2009)

“On a point of order, Mr. Speaker.”

Points of Order (5 Nov 2009)

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. During business questions, there appeared to be a planted question to which the Leader of the House made a mini-statement about the communications allowance. Many Back Benchers would have liked to question the Leader of the House about that. Have you, Mr. Speaker, been given any indication that a proper oral statement will be made?”

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)

“My constituents, Mr. and Mrs. Kemp and their eight-year-old daughter went to Egypt. As they went through the airport, they passed through an automatic temperature control. The little girl had a slight temperature: they had their passports confiscated, they were removed to a filthy isolation hospital and they were detained there against their will. May we have an urgent statement from the...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 136 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 156 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.
• 106 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Peter Bone speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 327 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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).