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Tim Loughton
Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham

  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Education (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Tim Loughton voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
  • Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes

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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, Children: Databases, Adoption

(based on written questions asked by Tim Loughton and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Upcoming Business – Commons: Select Committee (12 Jun 2012)

“Education: The Child protection system in England. 9:30 am
Witnesses: Professor Eileen Munro; Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children

Written Answers — Education: Carbon Emissions (22 May 2012)

“The Department for Education's total carbon dioxide emissions are reported as part of the Annual Accounts returned to Treasury. (a) For the financial year 2010/11 ( 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011) the Department emitted 14,887 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. (b) For the financial year 2011/12 ( 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012) the Department emitted 13,597 tonnes of carbon...”

Written Answers — Education: Carbon Emissions (22 May 2012)

“The Department for Education has focused its carbon reduction activity throughout 2010-12 on low and no-cost measures, supported by a small number of capital investments. During the period in question, the following measures were introduced: Key measures in 2010 included: Installing high efficiency lighting; Installing variable speed drives (VSD) on Air Handling Units (AHUs); Estate...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 20 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 very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 87.30% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 25 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") 747 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

9. Registrable shareholdings
(b) JP Morgan Chase; US investment bank.
Classwatch Limited.

Register last updated: 30 Apr 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)2005/062004/05 (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).