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Tim Loughton
Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Tim Loughton voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly 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
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Children, Schools and Families, Education and Skills, Home Department, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mental Health, Special Educational Needs, Children: Protection, Adoption, Children: Databases
(based on written questions asked by Tim Loughton and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (13 out of 13)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Adoption and Children Bill Committee (22 out of 23)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Homes Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“Notwithstanding the Bishop of Chester, does my hon. Friend agree that some very clear problems arise from the new clause, which could indeed turn out to be a wrecking amendment? Is it not therefore inconsistent for the Labour Front-Bench spokesmen yesterday to have promoted a review on extending civil partnerships, but on an apparently similarly problematic amendment such as the new clause...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership (20 May 2013)
“We have a dilemma here, because if my right hon. Friend goes ahead with new clause 16 on the basis that the review could take until 2019, we must vote against it. She has just said that an immediate review is possible. Will she clearly tell Government Members whether she agrees with the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green), who has made it clear that she thinks a review can...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership (20 May 2013)
“Will my hon. Friend give way?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 147 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 83.89% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 26 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 784 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 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 | £22,063 (194th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,282 (joint 206th with 2 others) | £19,700 (joint 268th with 6 others) | £15,234 (328th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,641 (441st) | £17,618 (364th) | £27,786 (46th) | £18,043 | £15,583 (468th) | £18,793 (joint 228th with 3 others) | £17,456 (451st) | £15,840 (319th) |
| Staffing costs | £84,004 (538th) | £92,413 (112th) | £77,946 (503rd) | £81,167 | £76,645 (109th) | £70,328 (172nd) | £68,350 (142nd) | £49,540 (199th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,937 (478th) | £1,759 (563rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,579 (262nd)1 | £8,012 (joint 296th with 1 other)2 | £10,034 (212th)3 | £6,407 | £9,980 (338th) | £11,775 (257th) | £10,557 (304th) | £8,098 (316th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £96 (345th) | £21 (joint 425th with 1 other) | £77 (392nd) | £60 | £27 (joint 455th with 2 others) | £10 (481st) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £426 (213th) | £262 (joint 276th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £19 (112th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,992 (521st) | £556 (459th) | £573 (joint 490th with 1 other) | £618 | £576 (461st) | £346 (583rd) | £1,346 (joint 204th with 1 other) | £653 (joint 488th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,084 (553rd) | £820 (601st) | £1,455 | £2,144 (384th) | £1,395 (506th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,148 (joint 419th with 2 others) | £1,006 (joint 416th with 5 others) | £0 | £1,928 (256th) | £1,928 (251st) | £1,928 (245th) | £1,928 (232nd) | |
| Other Costs | £11,425 (10th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £148,162 (349th) | £145,975 (337th) | £140,352 (joint 277th with 1 other) | £129,384 | £127,785 (234th) | £124,857 (207th) | £119,337 (181st) | £91,293 (251st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,044 (182nd). Rail £3,134 (278th). Misc £362 (99th). Other: Mileage £400 (18th). Rail £639 (33rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,037 (210th). Rail £3,591 (258th). Misc £126 (145th). Other: Mileage £258 (26th).
3 Car £4,273 (212th). Rail £4,155 (219th). European £1,606 (17th).