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Tim Yeo

Conservative MP for South Suffolk

• Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
• Majority: 6,606 votes. — 415th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Tim Yeo voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against 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 strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Chairman, Environmental Audit Committee (since 3 Aug 2006)
• Member, Liaison Committee (since 3 Aug 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Trade and Industry, Transport, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Millennium Dome, Press Subscriptions, Golden Jubilee, Parliamentary Questions, Foot and Mouth

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

Most recent appearances

[John Bercow in the Chair] — Personal Carbon Trading (18 Jun 2009)

“With the leave of the House, I should like to respond. I join the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell (Colin Challen) in paying tribute to David Fleming's work on this subject. It is enormous and inspirational. I am grateful to my Committee colleagues for their contributions, support and warm words. I welcome the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Gregory Barker)...”

[John Bercow in the Chair] — Personal Carbon Trading (18 Jun 2009)

“I accept what the Minister says. I do not share the Minister's confidence—I am sure that it was not complacency—that Britain is doing enough. Time will tell. The Committee on Climate Change will take a view on that before long. I am simply anxious that, if we say, "We're on track", we shall soon be in for an unpleasant shock. I am also not sure that all her arguments against...”

[John Bercow in the Chair] — Personal Carbon Trading (18 Jun 2009)

“I welcome that last suggestion, and I shall continue to try to interest a private sector sponsor. I have only just embarked on that process. In conclusion, we are disappointed at the Government's reluctance to undertake more work immediately. We applaud, as the Committee did several times in public, some even quite unpopular measures being taken to encourage individuals to cut emissions. For...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 12 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 45% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 56 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Tim Yeo speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 736 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,047 (110th). Rail £309 (519th).

^** Car £5,226 (131st). Rail £636 (456th). European £373 (98th).