• Conservative MP for Louth & Horncastle
• Majority: 9,896 votes. — 254th out of 632 MPs.
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How Sir Peter Tapsell voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Defence, Work and Pensions, Prime Minister

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Crimes of Violence: Lincolnshire, Engagements, Army: Afghanistan, Pension Schemes

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

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: G8 Summit (10 Jul 2008)

“Bearing in mind the fact that Japan has already banned the futures market in rice and that India has banned the export of rice, did the Prime Minister make any suggestions to other members of the G8 about steps that could be taken to curb the speculative manipulation of world food markets in ways that could threaten the social stability of many of the poorest countries?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Global Economy (10 Jul 2008)

“Will the Chancellor explain to his international counterparts why, when Britain has proportionately a larger financial sector and a larger mortgage housing sector than almost any other country, the Prime Minister has been boasting for months that we are especially well placed to withstand the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the credit crunch? The opposite is the case, as is now clear to everyone.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (2 Jul 2008)

“Are we to understand that the right hon. Gentleman's bleak message to the country is that for many years to come, at Prime Minister's questions, he and his successors will pay mournful tribute to the gallant men and women who in the previous week have been killed in Afghanistan fighting an unwinnable and deeply unpopular war when it is widely understood that the Taliban are not international...”

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 52% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 17 comments on this MP's speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 76 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Sir Peter Tapsell speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 43 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £1,274 (511th). Rail £3,849 (232nd).