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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
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Peter Bone voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. 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, Public Expenditure
(based on written questions asked by Peter Bone and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Chairman, Financial Services (Banking Reform)Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Chairman, Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership (20 May 2013)
“Will the Secretary of State give way?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (20 May 2013)
“I do not agree. The problem is that if we debate the programme motion, we eat into time that is required for us to debate the subject, but it is absurd that such a major constitutional change is being rushed through under a timetable motion. Today, we should have been able to speak until any hour. This is such an important issue; we should debate it fully, but this will be a joke.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (20 May 2013)
“I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. He is fundamentally right that there should not be these programme motions, and I congratulate him on pointing that out. When we divide on the motion, I look forward to him going into the same Lobby as me. This happens when the three main parties agree on a controversial motion. They try to force it through without proper scrutiny. Tonight, the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 142 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 66 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 83.89% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 121 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") 599 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 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).