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Tom Brake
Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Tom Brake voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, International Development, Home Department, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): London Underground, Departmental Pay, Railways, Iraq, Airwave Service
(based on written questions asked by Tom Brake and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Crime and Security Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Planning Bill Committee (8 out of 18)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (12 out of 18)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (13 out of 18)
- Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Homes Bill Committee (5 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill: Notices of Questions (25 Apr 2013)
“The House will of course have opportunities in the new Session to debate those issues. Question put and agreed to.”
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill: Notices of Questions (25 Apr 2013)
“I beg to move, That, in respect of Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales for oral answer on Wednesday 15 May in the next Session of Parliament, paragraph (5)(a) of Standing Order No. 22 (Notices of Questions, Motions and Amendments) shall apply with the substitution of three days for four days. Regular participants in oral questions to the Secretary of State for Wales will be aware...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Statutory Instruments (Scrutiny) (25 Apr 2013)
“The Government have no current plans to review the arrangements for scrutiny of statutory instruments.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 85.42% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 618 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £25,656 (46th) | £22,367 (105th) | £23,026 (156th) | £19,973 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £12,718 (433rd) |
| Staffing costs | £96,741 (278th) | £90,505 (joint 183rd with 5 others) | £83,140 (369th) | £84,078 | £77,205 (99th) | £74,876 (48th) | £71,946 (48th) | £50,696 (153rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,226 (216th) | £6,528 (393rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,233 (572nd)1 | £2,589 (565th)2 | £2,293 (580th)3 | £2,016 | £2,342 (610th) | £1,809 (621st) | £2,666 (597th) | £2,723 (joint 578th with 1 other) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £48 (joint 446th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £3,766 (295th) | £-1,854 | £3,351 (40th) | £2,070 | £2,007 (106th) | £1,617 (joint 108th with 1 other) | £1,679 (125th) | £1,424 (192nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,573 (13th) | £8,804 (43rd) | £5,360 | £4,498 (163rd) | £3,264 (233rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,261 (joint 240th with 6 others) | £1,058 (joint 320th with 22 others) | £0 | £1,963 (joint 164th with 1 other) | £1,963 (joint 159th with 1 other) | £1,963 (joint 157th with 1 other) | £1,963 (151st) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,500 (joint 57th with 3 others) | £0 |
| Total | £141,537 (432nd) | £129,781 (534th) | £124,384 (515th) | £116,110 | £109,006 (558th) | £103,902 (573rd) | £99,515 (548th) | £70,751 (595th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £432 (547th). Rail £1,771 (373rd). Misc £24 (225th). Other: Rail £6 (170th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £432 (564th). Rail £1,863 (357th). Misc £24 (224th). Other: Rail £270 (71st).