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Theresa Villiers
Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet

  • Minister of State (Rail and Aviation), Transport (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Theresa Villiers voted on key issues:

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

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Transport, Treasury, Home Department, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Spending Review (Efficiency Targets), Departmental Data Protection, Aviation: Security, Departmental Statistics, Heathrow Airport

(based on written questions asked by Theresa Villiers and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — Transport: Heathrow Airport (9 Feb 2012)

“None. As stated in a written ministerial statement on 7 September 2010, Official Report, columns 13-14WS, the Government remain firmly committed to runway alternation and will not be reviving the plans for mixed mode considered by Ministers in the previous Government.”

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: ATOL Reform Regulations (9 Feb 2012)

“Today I am pleased to announce the Government’s decisions on the proposals set out in last summer’s consultation on the reform of the Air Travel Organiser’s Licensing (ATOL) scheme which can be introduced through new regulations under existing powers. ATOL is a longstanding and important scheme, which last year protected 18 million holidaymakers from travel company failure....”

Written Answers — Transport: Heathrow Airport: Night Flying (2 Feb 2012)

“At Heathrow airport there is a movement and noise quota limit for the summer and winter seasons. The airport operator is also allowed to carry up to 10% of unused movements and noise quota points to the next period. There has been no breach to these limits since the current night flight restrictions came into operation in 2006.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 28 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 83.73% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 181 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Theresa Villiers’s activity.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 319 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

8. Land and Property
Flat in London, from which rental income is received.

Register last updated: 30 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£18,827 (334th) £18,181 (432nd) £0 £0        
London costs£0 £0 £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) £2,360        
Office running costs£17,445 (333rd) £21,096 (169th) £20,043 (362nd) £18,894        
Staffing costs£93,085 (384th) £84,892 (417th) £88,846 (96th) £79,891        
Communications Allowance£6,859 (412th) £7,558 (356th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£2,826 (552nd)1 £2,715 (557th)2 £2,232 (582nd)3 £2,834        
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £0        
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £0 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£4,288 (230th) £1,904 (35th) £2,103 (90th) £2,220        
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£4,965 (61st) £5,976 (106th) £4,518 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,385 (79th) £1,310 (37th) £1,290        
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
Total£143,330 (399th) £142,696 (383rd) £123,222 (525th) £112,007        

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,016 (491st). Rail £395 (519th). Misc £22 (227th). Other: Mileage £3 (91st). Rail £710 (27th). European £680 (78th).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,261 (488th). Rail £33 (576th). Misc £118 (150th). Other: Mileage £82 (54th). Rail £1,221 (15th).

3 Car £1,218 (514th). Rail £816 (441st). Air £198 (206th).