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Peter Lilley
Conservative MP for Hitchin and Harpenden

  • Also represented St Albans
  • Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Peter Lilley voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted very strongly against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Home Department, International Development, Treasury, Health, Energy and Climate Change

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum Seekers, Aid Statistics, Carbon Emissions, Work Permits, Departmental Minutes

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances (25 Apr 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been allowed entry to the UK subject to guarantees from relatives that they would not be a burden on public finances in each year since 2000; and in how many such cases there has been recourse to that guarantee.”

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (22 Apr 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in his Department's November 2011 paper entitled Estimated impacts of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills 2012, what value of costs of climate change policies in 2011 and 2020 will be attributed to (a) household energy bills, (b) business energy bills and (c) general taxpayers.”

Written Answers — Treasury: Banks: Finance (22 Apr 2013)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which measures his Department has introduced since 2008 to require UK-based banks to hold additional capital.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 12 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 71.99% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 102 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Peter Lilley’s activity.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1365 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

1. Remunerated directorships
IDOX plc (formerly i-documentsystems group plc) (non-executive); information advisory services, document management software and systems. Address: Chancery Exchange, 10 Furnival St, London EC4A 1AB:
25 January 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 28 August 2012)
25 February 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 28 August 2012)
25 March 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 28 August 2012)
25 April 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 28 August 2012)
25 May 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 28 August 2012)
25 June 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 28 August 2012)
25 July 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 28 August 2012)
25 August 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 28 August 2012)
25 September 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 9 October 2012)
25 October 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 30 October 2012)
25 November 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 7 December 2012)
27 December 2012, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 10 January 2013)
25 January 2013, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 7 February 2013)
25 February 2013, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 12 March 2013)
25 March 2013, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 10 April 2013)
Tethys Petroleum Limited (non-executive). Address: University House, 11-13 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1W 0EX. Gas and oil exploration and producing company.
1 January 2012, quarterly payment of £11,750 for attending meetings and advising on business developments. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 28 August 2012
1 April 2012, quarterly payment of £11,750 for attending meetings and advising on business developments. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 28 August 2012)
1 July 2012, quarterly payment of £11,750 for attending meetings and advising on business developments. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 28 August 2012)
1 October 2012, quarterly payment of £11,750 for attending meetings and advising on business developments. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 30 October 2012)
1 January 2013, quarterly payment of £11,750 for attending meetings and advising on business developments. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 10 January 2013; corrected 15 March 2013)
1 April 2013, quarterly payment of £11,750 for attending meetings and advising on business development. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 10 April 2013)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited, provision of advice on the management and flotation of a power generating subsidiary. Address: Suite 401, Plot 5, Jasola, New Delhi, 110025, India. (Registered 21 July 2011)
21 June 2012, two quarterly payments totalling £22,462. Hours: 120 hrs. (Registered 28 August 2012)
9. Shareholdings
(b) Tethys Petroleum (share options)
11. Miscellaneous
I am British Co-Chairman of the Uzbek British Trade and Industry Council (UBTIC) from 17 July 2012. (Registered 11 October 2012)

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Staying away from main home£18,268 (350th) £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) £21,196 (335th) £19,183 £20,681 (262nd) £18,550 (345th) £18,879 (374th) £15,170 (joint 339th with 1 other)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£15,857 (398th) £17,520 (369th) £13,533 (576th) £16,553 £17,815 (370th) £18,790 (joint 243rd with 2 others) £18,199 (joint 270th with 1 other) £16,709 (277th)
Staffing costs£86,490 (500th) £94,322 (70th) £94,182 (28th) £87,528 £77,533 (joint 84th with 1 other) £68,502 (216th) £65,814 (176th) £41,456 (486th)
Communications Allowance£7,103 (400th) £3,677 (513th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£1,678 (595th)1 £2,820 (554th)2 £2,616 (569th)3 £3,006 £4,617 (548th) £4,261 (547th) £4,029 (559th) £3,827 (528th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £166 (338th) £166 (340th) £138 £239 (joint 344th with 2 others) £232 (354th) £472 (265th) £210 (350th)
Members' Spouse Travel£21 (337th) £69 (337th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£6,999 (joint 3rd with 4 others) £1,695 (62nd) £2,672 (55th) £2,117 £1,081 (263rd) £1,353 (150th) £2,091 (joint 76th with 1 other) £1,964 (74th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£5,239 (41st) £7,164 (77th) £6,139 £3,680 (205th) £3,422 (210th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,396 (joint 72nd with 2 others) £1,225 (90th) £276 £1,750 (joint 488th with 1 other) £1,750 (joint 479th with 1 other) £1,459 (joint 558th with 1 other) £1,459 (joint 484th with 1 other)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£136,416 (491st) £149,987 (269th) £142,754 (220th) £134,940 £127,396 (244th) £116,860 (377th) £110,943 (375th) £80,795 (472nd)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,618 (420th). Rail £60 (569th).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,335 (361st). Rail £333 (512th). Misc £10 (251st). Other: Mileage £12 (86th). Rail £130 (105th).

3 Car £2,448 (370th). Rail £99 (549th). Other £69 (57th).