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Stephen Phillips
Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Stephen Phillips voted on key issues:

    • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. 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 more EU integration. votes
    • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Justice, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Home Department

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Somalia, Kosovo, Mali, Members: Correspondence, Dairy Farming

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)

    “Does my hon. Friend agree that perhaps one problem with the Queen’s Speech, and one of the issues with which neither Ministers nor shadow Ministers tend to grapple, is that there is a real problem in this country with demand? Unless and until we grapple with that, the national health service will always be under pressure.”

    Written Answers — Home Department: Drugs (25 Apr 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking with international partners to prevent the diversion of legitimately-traded drug precursors into illicit drug production.”

    Written Answers — Health: Sir Robert Edwards (23 Apr 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to mark the death of Sir Robert Edwards.”

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    • Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 44 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Has voted in 91.24% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below 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") 79 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Queen’s Counsel in private practice.
    Received £11,375, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Thomas Cooper, Ibex House, 42-27 Minories, London EC3N 1HA. Hours: 22.75 hours between 23 April 2010 and 23 May 2011. (Registered 17 May 2012)
    Received £22,000, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Homan Fenwick Willan LLP, 6 Floor, 83 Akti Miaouli Street, 185 38 Pireaus,Greece. Hours: 55 hours between 10 February 2009 and 19 November 2009. (Registered 17 May 2012)
    Received £6,175, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Simmons & Simmons LLP, CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9SS. Hours: 13 hrs between 20 July 2011 and 25 July 2011. (Registered 25 June 2012)
    Received £28,268.75, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Direct Instructions. Hours: approximately 49 hours between 2 October 2011 and 11 April 2012. (Registered 19 July 2012)
    Received £114,125, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HT. Hours: 228.25 hours carried out between 15 October 2010 and18 May 2012. (Registered 19 July 2012)
    Received £6,650, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Kennedys, 25 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AD. Hours: 14 hours carried out between 20 April 2012 and 15 May 2012. (Registered 19 July 2012)
    Received £2,612.50, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Direct Instructions. Hours: 5.5 hours on 16 December 2011. (Registered 19 July 2012)
    Received £6,800, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Reed Smith LLP, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS. Hours: approximately 13.5 hrs between 21 December 2011 and 17 January 2012. (Registered 10 October 2012)
    Received £1,750, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Sach Solicitors, Chanray House, 232 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QD. Hours: 3.5 hrs on 22 March 2012. (Registered 10 October 2012)
    Received £4,000, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Kennedys, 25 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AD. Hours: 8 hours between 15 May 2012 and 26 June 2012. (Registered 10 October 2012)
    Received £5,581.25, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solictors: Direct Instructions. Hours: 11.75 hours between 5 July 2012 and 12 July 2012. (Registered 10 October 2012)
    Received £8,250, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Seymours, 16 Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6ER. Hours: 16.5 hrs between 8 May 2012 and 8 June 2012. (Registered 10 October 2012)
    Received £5,250, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HT. Hours: 10.5 hrs between 26 April 2012 and 18 May 2012. (Registered 10 October 2012)
    Received £73,481.25, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Reed Smith LLP, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS. Hours: approximately 100 hours between 20 September 2011 and 5 March 2012. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    Received £2,500, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HT. Hours: 5 hours on 28/29 June 2012. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    Received £3,000, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Hill Dickinson LLP, Irongate House, 22-30 Duke’s Place, London EC3A 7HX. Hours: 5 hours on 12 February 2012. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    Received £1,500, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Direct Instructions. Hours: 3 hours on 20 July 2011. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    Received £2,000, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Seymours, 16 Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6ER. Hours: 4 hours on 12 July 2012. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    Received £1,750, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Direct Instructions. Hours: 3.5 hours on 30 July 2012. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    Received £2,166.67, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Reed Smith LLP, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS. Hours: 4.3 hours on 24 May 2012. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    Received £25,000, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Hill Dickinson LLP, Irongate House, 22-30 Duke’s Place, London EC3A 7HX. Hours: 50 hours between 10 April 2012 and 18 July 2012. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    Received £950, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Reed Smith LLP, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS. Hours: 2 hours on 3 August 2012. (Registered 20 December 2012)
    Received £1,500, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Direct Instructions. Hours: 3 hours on 11 April 2012. (Registered 20 December 2012)
    Received £43,915, exclusive of VAT, for arbitration services provided. Solicitors: Direct Instructions. Hours: 87 hours between 5 July 2011 and 1 December 2012. (Registered 16 January 2013)
    Received £9,500, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Thomas Cooper, Ibex House, 42-27 Minories, London EC3N 1HA. Hours: approximately 19 hours during August 2012. (Registered 16 January 2013)
    Received £59,433.33, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Reed Smith LLP, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS. Hours: approximately 120 hours between 20 September 2011 and 31 December 2012. (Registered 16 January 2013)
    Received £9,500, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Direct Instructions. Hours: 19 hours between 15 January 2012 and 15 January 2013. (Registered 19 February 2013)
    Received £32,750, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HT. Hours: 65.5 hours between 9 September 2012 and 15 October 2012. (Registered 12 March 2013)
    Received £1,800, exclusive of VAT, for legal services provided. Solicitors: Reed Smith LLP, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS. Hours: 4 hours on 16 July 2012. (Registered 12 March 2013)
    Received £239,125, exclusive of VAT, for arbitration services provided.  Solicitors:  Direct Instructions.  Hours: 478 hrs between 16 December 2011 and 4 March 2013. (Registered 12 April 2013)
    Crown Court Recorder. Payments received from Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ:
    Received sitting fees of £1,626.52 net of tax and national insurance. Hours: 5 sitting days, 28 May-1 June 2012. (Registered 15 June 2012)
    Received sitting fees of £87.35 net of tax and national insurance. Hours: 0.25 days on 25 June 2012. (Registered 30 July 2012)
    Received sitting fees of £2,915 gross. Hours: 5 sitting days, 20-24 August 2012. (Registered 10 September 2012)
    Received sitting fees of £145.75 gross. Hours: .25 sitting days, 17 September 2012. (Registered 10 October 2012)
    Received sitting fees of £2,915 gross. Hours: 5 sitting days, 24 to 28 September 2012. (Registered 20 November 2012)
    4. Sponsorships
    (a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
    (a) Name of donor: Mr D J Wall
    (a) Address of donor: private
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
    (a) Donor status: individual
    (a) (Registered 9 April 2013 )
    7. Overseas benefits and gifts
    See payments listed under Category 2.
    8. Land and Property
    Flat in London, jointly owned with my wife.

    Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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