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Stephen Hammond

Conservative MP for Wimbledon

• Shadow Minister, Transport (since 16 Dec 2005)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 2,301 votes. — 544th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Stephen Hammond voted on key issues since 2001:

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

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Transport, Health, Treasury, Home Department, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways, Departmental Official Cars, Railways: Franchises, Rolling Stock, Departments: Pay

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Concessionary Bus Travel Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

“May I join others in congratulating the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hillsborough (Ms Smith) on securing the debate? I know that she takes a great interest in transport, particularly those matters that affect her constituency. She eloquently underlined the failings of the transport system that the Government have put in place, and she made a good case for high-speed rail and for the north....”

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

“All transport networks have to start somewhere, and we hope that it will be the first phase in the roll-out of the high-speed network. The Minister will of course want to confirm that the Government plan to take high-speed rail only to Rugby. Our policy is to take it further; we see it as part of a network strategy.”

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

“The hon. Lady will know from our feasibility study—she has clearly read it—that the cost in 2008 prices of a high-speed rail line is about £20.5 billion. We have committed ourselves to control period 5, which will be the first part of an element of Government money; it will probably be about £16 billion, or £1.3 billion per annum for the build time of that project....”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 197 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 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 69% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 121 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Stephen Hammond speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 174 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,600 (449th). Rail £1,314 (399th). Misc £69 (180th). Other: Mileage £62 (66th). Rail £1,024 (17th). Air £73 (48th).

^** Car £1,635 (463rd). Rail £3,022 (263rd). European £299 (114th).