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Stephen Hammond
Conservative MP for Wimbledon

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Stephen Hammond voted on key issues:

    • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
    • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
    • Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
    • Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Transport, Treasury, Health, Home Department, Work and Pensions

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Pay, Legal Opinion, Railways, Departmental Legal Opinion, Departmental Official Cars

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

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Treasury: Departmental Pay (6 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.”

    Afc Wimbledon (26 Jan 2012)

    “I am grateful to the hon. Lady for securing the debate, and for allowing me to intervene. She is absolutely right. The key word she has hit on with AFC is that it is a club of the community of Merton and Wimbledon. The work that it does in the community, beyond its work on the football field, is to be commended. That is why the nickname “The Dons” needs to come back to that club,...”

    [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] — UK-India Trade (25 Jan 2012)

    “Good morning, Mr Walker. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. It is an honour to initiate this debate, and I am grateful to Mr Speaker for selecting it. First, I declare an interest: I chair the Conservative parliamentary friends of India group and had the pleasure of travelling to India on official visits in 2009 and 2011, and I begin the debate in that light. I am an unashamed...”

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    • Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 158 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
    • 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 85.68% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
    • 133 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Stephen Hammond’s activity.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 216 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    1. Remunerated directorships
    Director and chairman of Alacrity Associates; PR company with particular expertise in the social enterprise sector and East Europe. (Remuneration in the form of an equity stake of below registrable value.) (Resigned as chairman and director as of 1 September 2010. I received no financial remuneration in tax years 2008/09, 2009/10 or 2010/11.)
    Agua Terra Limited (LSE:ATE), (non-executive); development company for high quality mixed-use leisure real estate projects in southeast Europe. Address: Agua Terra,197 Main Street, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. I received no financial remuneration in 2010 but I have an interest in a non-declarable equity stake. I resigned as a director in June 2011.
    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Re-appointed from 1 July 2010 as Parliamentary Consultant to Professional Contractors Group Ltd . Address: Heathrow Boulevard, 280 Bath Road, Sipson, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0DQ (£15,001-£20,000).
    Payment of £3,000 for January-February 2010. Hours: 3-5 hrs per month. (Registered 2 September 2010)
    Payment of £3,000 to cover period March-April 2010. Hours: 3-5 hrs per month. (Registered 2 September 2010)
    Payment of £4,500 to cover monthsJuly/August/September 2010. Hours: 5 hrs per month. (Registered 4 January 2011)
    Payment of £4,500 to cover months October/November/December 2010. Hours: 5 hrs per month. (Registered 4 January 2011)
    Payment of £4,500 for period January-March 2011. (Registered 12 September 2011)
    Payment of £4,500 for period April-June 2011. (Registered 12 September 2011)
    Payment of £4,500 for period June-September 2011. (Registered 1 November 2011)
    Parliamentary consultant to Confederation of Passenger Transport UK, Drury House 34-43 Russell Street London WC2B 5HA (£25,000-£30,000)
    Received £2,500 for work in each of months:
    September/October/November/December 2010. Hours: 8 hrs per month. (Registered 4 January 2011)
    I received remuneration of £2,500 for each of the months January, February, March, April, May and June 2011. (Registered 12 September 2011)
    I received remuneration of £2,500 for each of the months July, August and September 2011. (Registered 1 November 2011)
    Payments from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for participation in research projects:
    16 December 2010, received payment of £50 Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 23 December 2010)
    31 August 2011, received payment of £75 for interview on 27 June 2011. Hours: 25 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 6 September 2011)
    Received from the South London Israel Forum, c/o 31B St Mary’s Road, London SW19 7BP, a £75 book token to show appreciation of my participation in a discussion forum on 11 September 2011. (Registered 22 September 2011)
    5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
    My wife and I are guests of the All England Tennis Club in the Royal Box for one day during the Championships.
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: The European Azerbaijan Society
    Address of donor: 11-12 St James’s Square London SW1Y 4LB
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): c. £3,500, covering cost of flights, accommodation, internal travel
    Destination of visit: Azerbaijan
    Date of visit: 25-30 May 2011
    Purpose of visit: to meet senior Azerbaijani political and business figures, British diplomats and visit some of the regions.
    (Registered 22 June 2011)
    Name of donor:
    1)Ministry of External Affairs, India
    2)SIS Broadcast System
    Address of donor:
    1)South Block, New Delhi 110 011
    2)Whitehall Avenue, Kingston, Milton Keynes, MK10 0AX
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
    1)Return flights from India and internal flights, hotel accommodation, food and other travel; total approximately £8,000.
    2)Outward flight and one night’s accommodation; total £2903.61
    Destination of visit: India
    Date of visit: 17-24 September 2011
    Purpose of visit: as part of a delegation of the Conservative Friends of India at the invitation of the High Commission in London and the Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi, meeting politicians and businessmen in Delhi and Mumbai. I also met with local journalists on behalf of SIS Broadcast System.
    (Registered 17 November 2011)
    9. Registrable shareholdings
    Peal Gas Ltd; Delaware Registered Company, fiscal domicile Portugal; property.

    Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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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.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    Staying away from main home£0 £0 £0 £0        
    London costs£2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) £2,360        
    Office running costs£19,981 (216th) £13,787 (498th) £21,797 (193rd) £14,603        
    Staffing costs£96,466 (289th) £93,901 (85th) £85,507 (280th) £73,403        
    Communications Allowance£12,288 (83rd) £9,608 (219th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£4,843 (452nd)1 £4,142 (512th)2 £4,956 (471st)3 £2,368        
    Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £319 (joint 267th with 1 other) £0        
    Members' Spouse Travel£10 (joint 341st with 1 other) £20 (357th) 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£3,955 (273rd) £661 (joint 387th with 1 other) £635 (456th) £725        
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,456 (302nd) £1,493 (504th) £2,862 N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,107 (joint 485th with 2 others) £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) £1,082        
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Total£140,457 (448th) £128,494 (545th) £118,501 (564th) £97,403        

    1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,476 (442nd). Rail £1,684 (384th). Misc £32 (214th). Other: Mileage £294 (23rd). Rail £897 (19th). European £460 (104th).

    2 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).

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

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    • Member, Crossrail Bill Committee (15 Nov 2007 to 22 Nov 2007)
    • Shadow Minister, Transport (16 Dec 2005 to 11 May 2010)
    • Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 24 Jun 2008)

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