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Sir Peter Tapsell
Conservative MP for Louth & Horncastle
- Also represented Linsey East; Horncastle; Nottingham West
- Entered Parliament on 8 October 1959 — General election
- Majority: 9,896 votes. — 258th 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 Sir Peter Tapsell voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately 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 moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
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)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Financial Sector (2 Feb 2010) has video
“As the measures already announced by the British and European Governments are widely seen as being inadequate "to stop the second shoe falling", will the Chancellor do his best to persuade the Financial Stability Board and the European Central Bank to embrace as many as possible of the proposals in the Volcker plan, so that we can have genuinely international bank reform?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Security and Counter-terrorism (20 Jan 2010) has video
“May I again put it to the Prime Minister that nothing more certainly fuels international terrorism than the stationing of foreign troops in Islamic countries?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Conflict Resolution (Afghanistan) (11 Jan 2010) has video
“Does the Secretary of State agree that the Afghan Taliban have no ambitions beyond Afghanistan and the Pashtun tribal areas of Pakistan, while, by contrast, Osama bin Laden is the protagonist of an international caliphate? Instead of lumping them together, would it not therefore be wiser to try to separate them by offering the Taliban an early withdrawal of foreign troops in exchange for...”
More of Sir Peter Tapsell's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 51% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 20 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 20–21 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") 406 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 (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 | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,789 (joint 218th with 4 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £12,153 (531st) | £10,100 (590th) | £12,270 (595th) | £9,790 | £9,323 (617th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £16,927 (269th) |
| Staffing costs | £110,245 (15th) | £100,790 (12th) | £95,444 (21st) | £94,290 | £84,215 (21st) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £68,960 (125th) | £53,352 (94th) |
| Communications Allowance | £1,401 (563rd) | £2,285 (547th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,330 (431st)3 | £5,128 (457th)2 | £5,123 (462nd)1 | £4,923 | £5,259 (528th) | £4,603 (537th) | £5,539 (503rd) | £4,307 (500th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £133 (359th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £277 (321st) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,440 (joint 81st with 2 others) | £1,199 (110th) | 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 | £2,637 (426th) | £407 (541st) | £561 (504th) | £533 | £555 (joint 474th with 2 others) | £303 (595th) | £1,056 (joint 309th with 2 others) | £367 (joint 600th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,584 (284th) | £2,140 (392nd) | £1,962 | £2,386 (348th) | £1,480 (joint 494th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,105 (488th) | £971 (465th) | £0 | £1,576 (joint 549th with 1 other) | £1,576 (joint 535th with 1 other) | £1,576 (joint 508th with 1 other) | £1,470 (joint 480th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £157,212 (232nd) | £146,681 (327th) | £138,752 (305th) | £133,132 | £124,216 (303rd) | £118,867 (338th) | £115,087 (joint 277th with 1 other) | £92,489 (224th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,380 (479th). Rail £3,748 (251st).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,080 (481st). Rail £4,250 (226th).