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Peter Viggers
Conservative MP for Gosport
- Entered Parliament on 28 February 1974 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 5,730 votes. — 419th 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 Viggers voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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 very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very 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
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 3 Dec 2008)
- Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (since 6 Dec 2005)
- Member, Treasury Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Health, Home Department, Treasury, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Means-tested Benefits, Royal Hospital, Haslar, Defence Medical Services, Asylum Seekers, Immigration Accommodation Centres
(based on written questions asked by Peter Viggers and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
- Banking Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: HMS Sultan (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans there are for the future of HMS Sultan; and if he will make a statement.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the work of HM Revenue and Customs High Net Worth Team; what changes are proposed to be made to the team; and if he will make a statement.”
- Written Answers — Defence: Royal Hospital Haslar (2 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence at what price was the Royal Hospital Haslar site sold and to whom; what the acreage of the site sold is; how many houses, flats and other buildings are on the sold site; what due diligence was undertaken prior to the sale; what undertakings were obtained from the prospective purchasers prior to the sale; what other offers and indications of interest...”
More of Peter Viggers's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 3 select committees (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 56% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 658 times in debates — well 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) | £19,927 | £20,371 (285th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,509 (joint 115th with 2 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,747 (367th) | £20,703 (201st) | £32,140 (3rd) | £15,857 | £17,242 (joint 401st with 1 other) | £18,797 (joint 205th with 7 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £22,043 (116th) |
| Staffing costs | £67,417 (617th) | £71,754 (604th) | £72,461 (580th) | £69,176 | £71,682 (268th) | £69,898 (joint 182nd with 10 others) | £67,354 (163rd) | £45,810 (328th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,979 (311th) | £14,657 (25th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,124 (439th)3 | £7,882 (304th)2 | £7,816 (309th)1 | £5,251 | £12,248 (262nd) | £13,287 (203rd) | £12,217 (236th) | £9,215 (264th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £5 (joint 422nd with 1 other) | £199 (325th) | £81 (joint 387th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £72 (joint 443rd with 1 other) | £23 (458th) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £131 (294th) | £1,020 (joint 121st with 1 other) | 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 | £1,649 (562nd) | £278 (joint 595th with 1 other) | £277 (613th) | £219 | £335 (joint 578th with 1 other) | £500 (509th) | £859 (401st) | £637 (joint 494th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £977 (571st) | £485 (joint 623rd with 1 other) | £0 | £1,157 (552nd) | £1,287 (515th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,213 (joint 307th with 1 other) | £1,044 (352nd) | £69 | £1,966 (joint 147th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 141st with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 139th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 133rd with 14 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £124,058 (576th) | £141,766 (392nd) | £136,414 (352nd) | £110,499 | £125,001 (291st) | £126,140 (182nd) | £120,375 (161st) | £96,180 (143rd) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,139 (93rd). Rail £404 (503rd). Misc £6 (256th). Other: European £2,333 (9th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,946 (97th). Rail £156 (550th). Misc £22 (227th).
1 Car £6,239 (62nd). Rail £174 (527th). European £1,403 (21st).