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Philip Hammond

Conservative MP for Runnymede & Weybridge

  • Shadow Chief Secretary To the Treasury, Treasury (since 6 Jul 2007)
  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
  • Majority: 12,349 votes. — 139th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Philip Hammond 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 strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted 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
  • Has never voted on 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

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Work and Pensions, Treasury, Deputy Prime Minister, Health, Home Department

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Pay, Pensions, Departmental Marketing, Departmental Procurement, Child Support Agency

(based on written questions asked by Philip Hammond and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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  • Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 524 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 62% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
  • 88 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Philip Hammond speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 811 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Received £444 for two appearances on BBC Radio 4. Address: BBC PO Box 480, Manchester, M14 0EL. Hours: 8hrs. (Registered 24 July 2009)
4. Sponsorships
Name of donor: KPMG
Address of donor: 8 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8BB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Total value £62,250 worth of advice to Shadow Cabinet Treasury Team, of which as a member of the team I receive a proportionate share. Covers period 1 April to 30 June 2009.
Date of receipt: 1 April 2009
Date of acceptance: 1 April 2009
(Registered 24 July 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
20 May 2008, my wife and I were guests of Gallaher plc for lunch at the Chelsea Flower Show. (Registered 23 June 2008)
4 July 2008, my wife and I were guests of Royal Bank of Scotland at Wimbledon Tennis Championships. (Registered 10 July 2008)
Name of donor: Johan Christofferson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1700—hospitality at Carlton Political Club Dinner for me and my wife
Date of receipt of donation: 22 September 2009
Date of acceptance of donation: 22 September 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 October 2009)
8. Land and Property
House in Surrey. (Registered 24 July 2009)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Castlemead Ltd.; a company whose principal activity is property development.

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (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)
Additional Costs Allowance£23,075 (joint 158th) £22,105 (joint 194th) £21,634 £20,902 (joint 1st) £19,948 (259th) £19,570 (308th) £1,579 (611th)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£12,046 (540th) £18,053 (470th) £11,343 £9,338 (616th) £15,161 (569th) £11,778 (605th) £9,592 (533rd)
Staffing Allowance£78,705 (551st) £71,181 (588th) £59,576 £70,382 (319th) £64,228 (500th) £60,805 (502nd) £54,316 (85th)
Communications Allowance£1,530 (566th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£4,440 (501st)* £4,401 (496th)** £1,803 £3,565 (579th) £4,168 (553rd) £3,591 (576th) £2,771 (575th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £65 (439th) £0
Members' Spouse Travel£235 (286th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£329 (joint 569th) £383 (578th) £432 £278 (603rd) £817 (348th) £1,324 (209th) £692 (459th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£965 (573rd) £663 (608th) £460 £884 (586th) £827 (594th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,261 (joint 240th) £1,303 (41st) £0 £1,974 (joint 118th) £1,974 (joint 111th) £1,974 (joint 110th) £1,974 (joint 105th)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £202 (83rd) £0 £0
Total£122,586 (583rd) £118,089 (568th) £95,248 £107,323 (575th) £107,325 (545th) £99,107 (552nd) £70,924 (591st)

* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,151 (380th). Rail £42 (572nd). Misc £54 (194th). Other: Mileage £122 (43rd). Rail £2,071 (6th).

** Car £2,091 (413th). Rail £1,514 (379th). Air £311 (186th). European £485 (92nd).