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Philip Hammond
Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Philip Hammond voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Treasury, Health, Deputy Prime Minister, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Pay, Departmental Buildings, Pensions, Departmental Marketing, Departmental Manpower
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (21 out of 24)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
- Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Local Government Bill Committee (7 out of 14)
- Employment Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Operation Herrick (14 May 2013)
“I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for reasserting the bipartisan approach that has prevailed on matters relating to Afghanistan. I welcome his pragmatic engagement with this announcement and his perfectly legitimate questions. I should say at the outset that when I said that the people who were eligible and likely to be affected by the announcement had been informed, I should have...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Operation Herrick (14 May 2013)
“I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend and should emphasise that our intention and objective is still to compete the draw-down by the end of 2014 if we can. We will certainly make every effort to do so that is consistent with proper force protection and the good order of our forces. However, today’s announcement gives us the flexibility to keep small numbers, primarily of...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Operation Herrick (14 May 2013)
“It is not our expectation that we will continue routinely to patrol outside the main operating bases beyond the end of this year. By then, we expect to be operating from only four main operating bases, and troops will routinely be operating within those bases. Of course, they will have to retain the ability to go out in support of the Afghans if that is necessary. We intend to maintain the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 62.24% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1172 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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.
| 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 | £24,000 (51st) | £23,075 (joint 158th with 2 others) | £22,105 (joint 194th with 1 other) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £19,948 (259th) | £19,570 (308th) | £1,579 (611th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,679 (548th) | £12,046 (540th) | £18,053 (470th) | £11,343 | £9,338 (616th) | £15,161 (569th) | £11,778 (605th) | £9,592 (533rd) |
| Staffing costs | £92,244 (400th) | £78,705 (551st) | £71,181 (588th) | £59,576 | £70,382 (319th) | £64,228 (500th) | £60,805 (502nd) | £54,316 (85th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £1,530 (566th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,899 (548th)1 | £4,440 (501st)2 | £4,401 (496th)3 | £1,803 | £3,565 (579th) | £4,168 (553rd) | £3,591 (576th) | £2,771 (575th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £65 (439th) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £336 (239th) | £235 (286th) | 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 | £1,266 (595th) | £329 (joint 569th with 1 other) | £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 with 6 others) | £1,303 (41st) | £0 | £1,974 (joint 118th with 5 others) | £1,974 (joint 111th with 5 others) | £1,974 (joint 110th with 5 others) | £1,974 (joint 105th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £202 (83rd) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £132,424 (525th) | £122,586 (583rd) | £118,089 (568th) | £95,248 | £107,323 (575th) | £107,325 (545th) | £99,107 (552nd) | £70,924 (591st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,844 (388th). Rail £225 (540th). Other: Mileage £44 (74th). Rail £786 (24th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,151 (380th). Rail £42 (572nd). Misc £54 (194th). Other: Mileage £122 (43rd). Rail £2,071 (6th).
3 Car £2,091 (413th). Rail £1,514 (379th). Air £311 (186th). European £485 (92nd).