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Mr Tim Collins

Former Conservative MP for Westmorland & 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:

      • Has never voted on introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
      • Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
      • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
      • Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
      • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
      • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
      • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
      • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
      • Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
      • Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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      More on their full record

      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...”

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      Numerology

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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% of votes in parliament with this affiliation. (From Public Whip)
      • 2 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks.

      Expenses

      Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source).

      Type2007/082006/072005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
      Additional Costs Allowance    £750 £20,902 (joint 1st) £20,333 (joint 3rd) £16,896 (469th) £14,174 (joint 426th)
      London Supplement    £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Incidental Expenses Provision    £1,729 £17,035 (410th) £17,770 (482nd) £17,596 (joint 436th) £21,547 (124th)
      Staffing Allowance    £17,050 £72,625 (232nd) £66,827 (381st) £56,722 (574th) £37,729 (552nd)
      Communications AllowanceN/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 TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Family TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Centrally Purchased Stationery    £0 £725 (joint 393rd) £825 (joint 343rd) £354 (601st) £1,181 (268th)
      Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £0 £1,365 (517th) £3,180 (244th) N/A N/A
      Centrally Provided Computer Equipment    £0 £1,898 (joint 305th) £1,898 (joint 300th) £1,898 (joint 295th) £1,898 (joint 278th)
      Other Costs    £27,685 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Total    £47,214 £129,082 (209th) £123,918 (229th) £102,430 (515th) £85,116 (402nd)