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Tom Levitt

Labour MP for High Peak

    • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
    • Majority: 735 votes. — 614th out of 643 MPs.

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Tom Levitt voted on key issues since 2001:

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

    Committees and topics of interest

    Select Committee membership
    • Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Work and Pensions, Health, Culture Media and Sport, Communities and Local Government

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Sight Impaired, Disabled People, Performance Targets, Digital Television, Bees: Diseases

    (based on written questions asked by Tom Levitt and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Home Department: Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (28 Oct 2009)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the merits of reducing from 16 to 14 the age at which section 27 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 applies.”

    Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Property Development (28 Oct 2009)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of approved planning developments which have not proceeded pending resolution of applications to register land as a town or village green in the last five years.”

    Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion): Schedule 22 — Repeals (27 Oct 2009)

    “I may not be the obvious Member of the House to speak about marine environments or coastal access, because we have neither coast nor marine environments in my constituency. However, High Peak is the philosophical home of the right to roam: we had the Kinder trespass in 1932 and the first open-access land designated under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, and we have more open-access...”

    More of Tom Levitt's recent appearances

    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 39 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 86% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
    • 89 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Tom Levitt speaks.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 226 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
    Name of donor: Buxton Water
    Address of donor : Nestle Water UK Ltd, Trinity Court, Church Street, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 1LD.
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1098 (tickets and hospitality for two people to the Ashes cricket test match at Lords).
    Date of receipt of donation: 18 July 2009
    Date of acceptance of donation:18 July 2009
    Donor status: company, registration number 2069102
    (Registered 27 October 2009)

    Register last updated: 28 Oct 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.

    Type2007/08 (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)
    Additional Costs Allowance£22,450 (270th) £20,310 (379th) £16,977 £20,780 (joint 243rd) £17,472 (396th) £19,722 (joint 1st) £15,738 (joint 236th)
    London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Incidental Expenses Provision£15,304 (459th) £23,403 (142nd) £21,650 £19,325 (joint 11th) £18,799 (joint 13th) £18,227 (joint 216th) £18,691 (211th)
    Staffing Allowance£86,154 (376th) £80,085 (441st) £74,262 £70,236 (joint 359th) £61,981 (565th) £54,747 (589th) £39,957 (515th)
    Communications Allowance£17,315 (10th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£10,990 (186th)* £11,842 (140th)** £9,031 £11,185 (298th) £11,928 (247th) £9,350 (357th) £8,957 (276th)
    Members' Staff Travel£342 (260th) £475 (225th) £516 £1,115 (165th) £364 (305th) £647 (joint 223rd) £684 (197th)
    Members' Spouse Travel£2,955 (33rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Purchased Stationery£2,025 (23rd) £7,915 (6th) £4,147 £3,155 (48th) £2,864 (28th) £2,567 (39th) £1,508 (168th)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£4,594 (93rd) £23,700 (4th) £12,044 £9,724 (51st) £8,737 (33rd) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£930 (604th) £930 (joint 523rd) £930 £1,959 (177th) £1,959 (172nd) £1,959 (170th) £1,959 (162nd)
    Other Costs£1,561 (68th) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Total£164,620 (48th) £168,660 (8th) £139,557 £137,479 (85th) £124,104 (221st) £107,219 (458th) £87,494 (354th)

    * Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,556 (251st). Rail £7,351 (99th). Misc £6 (256th). Other: Rail £77 (131st).

    ** Car £2,678 (348th). Rail £7,725 (74th). Air £588 (142nd). European £851 (48th).