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Mr Tim Collins
Former Conservative MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — General election (stood again)
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mr Tim Collins voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against university tuition fees. votes
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More on their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: Further Education Colleges (24 Mar 2005)
“Do not the Secretary of State's warm words about adult education, though welcome, fail to conceal the reality that charges are going up and courses are being axed in FE colleges throughout the land? Earlier this week, my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and Stamford (Mr. Davies) pointed out that his local FE college has seen a 29 per cent. increase in the number of adult learners, but...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: School Funding (Coventry) (24 Mar 2005)
“Why did the Chancellor say in his Budget last week that the continuation of direct payment to schools in Coventry and elsewhere would be a guarantee, when the small print in the Red Book said that the figures were illustrative only? If direct payments to schools are such a good idea, why does not the Secretary of State follow the Conservative policy of making all such payments direct to...”
- Skills White Paper (22 Mar 2005)
“This is a genuinely important subject and we are pleased that the Government decided to produce a White Paper. In January, the director general of the Institute of Directors said that the Government were failing to remedy the UK's shortage of skilled workers. He pointed out that some 25,000 16-year-olds were leaving school each year with no GCSEs, and that last year the skills shortage left...”
More of Mr Tim Collins's recent appearances
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- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68.22% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- 2 people are tracking this MP.
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 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 | £750 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £16,896 (469th) | £14,174 (joint 426th with 1 other) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £1,729 | £17,035 (410th) | £17,770 (482nd) | £17,596 (joint 436th with 1 other) | £21,547 (124th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £17,050 | £72,625 (232nd) | £66,827 (381st) | £56,722 (574th) | £37,729 (552nd) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £12,312 (258th) | £10,540 (307th) | £8,712 (387th) | £8,468 (299th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £2,220 (60th) | £2,545 (34th) | £252 (358th) | £119 (394th) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £725 (joint 393rd with 1 other) | £825 (joint 343rd with 1 other) | £354 (601st) | £1,181 (268th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £1,365 (517th) | £3,180 (244th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,898 (joint 305th with 4 others) | £1,898 (joint 300th with 4 others) | £1,898 (joint 295th with 4 others) | £1,898 (joint 278th with 4 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £27,685 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £47,214 | £129,082 (209th) | £123,918 (229th) | £102,430 (515th) | £85,116 (402nd) |