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Tim Yeo
Conservative MP for South Suffolk
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Tim Yeo voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
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
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Refrigeration (13 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on proposals for a ban on the use of HFC refrigerants in new centralised supermarket refrigeration systems from 2020.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Environment Protection (25 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the effect of the Carbon Price Floor on the competitiveness of UK business.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Environment Protection (24 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of the Carbon Price Floor on the competitiveness of UK business.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 58.25% of votes in this 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 769 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
AFC Energy; company developing alkaline fuel cell technology. Address: Unit 71.4 Dunsfold Park, Stovolds Hill, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8TB. Undertake duties as Chair, run board meetings and keep in touch with senior management. Remuneration to date has included 2.5 million share options. (Updated 21 January 2013)
Received payment of £3,350, 5 March 2012. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Received payment of £990, 30 March 2012. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Received payment of £3,350, 10 April 2012. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Received payment of £990, 30 April 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Received payment of £3,350, 8 May 2012. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2012)
Received payment of £990, 31 May 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2012)
Received payment of £3,350, 18 June 2012. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 11 July 2012)
Received payment of £990, 29 June 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 11 July 2012)
Received payment of £3,350, 10 July 2012. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 15 August 2012)
Received payment of £990, 31 July 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 15 August 2012)
Received payment of £3,350, 24 September 2012. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2012)
Received payment of £990, 28 September 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2012)
Received payment of £3,350, 10 October 2012. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 12 November 2012)
Received payment of £990, 31 October 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 12 November 2012)
Received payment of £3,350, 14 January 2013. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 17 February 2013)
Received payment of £990, 31 January 2013. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 17 February 2013)
Groupe Eurotunnel SA (non-executive) (of which Eurotunnel plc is a wholly owned subsidiary); company managing the Channel Tunnel. Address: Cheriton Parc, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4QS. My duties as a non-executive director include attendance at meetings of the Board and of the Environment and Safety Committee and advising senior management on a range of issues.
Received payment of £6,606.05, 10 May 2012. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2012)
Received payment of £3,276.54, 16 May 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2012)
Received payment of £2,723.95, 4 July 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 15 August 2012)
Received payment of £3,802.28, 26 July 2012. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 15 August 2012)
Received payment of £6005.42, 11 September 2012. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2012)
Received payment of £3,906.86, 10 October 2012. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 12 November 2012)
Received payment of £3,419.97. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 17 February 2013)
Eco City Vehicles plc, Hemming House, Hemming Street, London, E1 5BL; distributes and services London taxis. Duties include chairing board meetings and keeping in touch with senior management. (Resigned 6 September 2012)
(No payments made to me by Eco City Vehicles plc between October 2011 and October 2012.)
Received payment of £40,000, 2 October 2012. Payment covers 91 hours between 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012. (Registered 8 October 2012)
Chairman of TMO Renewables Limited, 40 Alan Turing Road, Surrey Research Park, Guilford, Surrey GU2 7YF. The company is developing and supplying technology for second generation biofuels. My duties involve chairing board meetings and keeping in touch with senior management.
Received payment of £1,250.13, 23 March 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Received payment of £4,166.66, 29 March 2012. Hours: 11 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Received payment of £1,250.13, 25 April 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Received payment of £1,250.13, 25 May 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2012)
Received payment of £4,166, 26 May 2012. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2012)
Received payment of £1,250.13, 25 June 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 11 July 2012)
Received payment of £4,166.66, 26 June 2012. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 11 July 2012)
Received payment of £1,249.73, 25 July 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 15 August 2012)
Received payment of £4,166.66, 26 July 2012. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 15 August 2012)
Received payment of £1,250.13, 25 September 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2012)
Received payment of £4,166.66, 26 September 2012. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2012)
Received payment of £1,249.73, 25 October 2012. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 12 November 2012)
Received payment of £4,166.66, 26 October 2012. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 12 November 2012)
Received payment of £1,249.73, 25 January 2013. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 17 February 2013)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Adviser to Edulink Consultants; providers of education services in Dubai and Uganda. Address: PO Box 500697, Dubai, UAE. I advise on the running of Victoria University, Kampala, where I am Chair of the University Council, including advice on academic standards, marketing and the development of the curriculum.
Payment of £12,494 on 16 April 2012. Hours: 26 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Payment of £7,494 on 20 November 2012. Hours: 16 hrs. (Registered 25 November 2012)
Payment of £12,500 on 18 January 2013. Hours: 17 hrs. (Registered 17 February 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Clean Energy Council of Australia
Address of donor: 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, Australia
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel; value £7,330.75, and accommodation; value £1,431.86
Destination of visit: Australia (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane)
Date of visit: 8-17 February 2013
Purpose of visit: to meet energy industry representatives, civil servants and members of Parliament, to discuss energy issues
(Registered 11 March 2013)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Anacol Holdings Ltd.; a family investment company.
(a) (b) AFC Energy (shares and share options)
(a) Eco City Vehicles plc.
(a) Group Eurotunnel SA
11. Miscellaneous
Unremunerated director of ITI Energy Limited; suppliers of gasification equipment. I have not received any financial benefit from this directorship.
Shareholding below registrable value in Eco City Vehicles plc; distributes and services London taxis. (Registered 29 December 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.
| 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 | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,836 (202nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £15,340 (414th) | £15,720 (445th) | £19,121 (426th) | £16,807 | £18,080 (353rd) | £18,761 (joint 295th with 4 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £14,845 (352nd) |
| Staffing costs | £106,380 (40th) | £96,123 (47th) | £86,629 (216th) | £87,273 | £75,434 (132nd) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £50,619 (154th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,401 (348th) | £9,128 (271st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,589 (410th)1 | £5,356 (447th)2 | £6,235 (387th)3 | £5,736 | £12,327 (257th) | £14,014 (172nd) | £14,457 (159th) | £12,943 (112th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £36 (joint 394th with 1 other) | £96 (376th) | £0 | £127 | £227 (353rd) | £16 (joint 476th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £78 (joint 312th with 3 others) | £147 (joint 310th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,430 (453rd) | £686 (joint 367th with 1 other) | £1,014 (275th) | £959 | £1,283 (210th) | £729 (392nd) | £1,870 (101st) | £1,318 (221st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,680 (431st) | £1,576 (484th) | £2,324 | £1,828 (433rd) | £1,305 (513th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,339 (joint 137th with 1 other) | £1,132 (joint 197th with 5 others) | £944 | £1,958 (joint 178th with 1 other) | £1,958 (joint 173rd with 1 other) | £1,958 (joint 171st with 1 other) | £1,958 (joint 163rd with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £10,679 (8th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £162,261 (163rd) | £153,358 (210th) | £148,496 (111th) | £135,804 | £132,039 (149th) | £128,889 (138th) | £125,453 (63rd) | £97,519 (123rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,234 (73rd). Rail £355 (526th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,047 (110th). Rail £309 (519th).
3 Car £5,226 (131st). Rail £636 (456th). European £373 (98th).