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Vincent Cable MP
- Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham
- Deputy Party Leader (since 20 Dec 2007)
Shadow Chancellor & Deputy Party Leader, Treasury (since 20 Dec 2007) - Majority: 9,965 votes. — 293rd out of 635 MPs.
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Vincent Cable voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
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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
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Trade and Industry, Health, Home Department, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Staff, IT Projects, Ascension Island, Secondments, Asbestos
(based on written questions asked by Vincent Cable and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Care Home Charges (9 May 2008)
“Care home charges could represent a vast subject. I do not want to abuse the form of Adjournment debates by getting into the whole area of the funding of social care, so I will focus on a narrow issue that has been drawn to my attention through constituency work: the specific question of cross-subsidy in relation to care home charging, and the related problem of third party top-ups. The issue...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Saudi Arabia: Defence (6 May 2008)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia on the Saudi British Defence Cooperation Programme was signed; what the scope of the memorandum is; and whether it supersedes the al-Yamamah memoranda of understanding of (a) 1985, (b) 1986 and (c) 1988.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Data Protection (30 Apr 2008)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many security breaches relating to access to personal data occurred within his Department in each year since 1997.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 68 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 319 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 19 comments on this MP's speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 73 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Vincent Cable speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 542 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £41 (614th) |
| London Supplement | £2,712 (joint 1st) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £20,653 (267th) | £19,505 | £19,269 (170th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £12,942 (423rd) |
| Staffing Allowance | £87,056 (199th) | £83,515 | £76,812 (108th) | £75,565 (5th) | £72,260 (joint 28th) | £56,034 (53rd) |
| Members' Travel | £2,992 (558th)* | £3,103 | £4,164 (561st) | £3,720 (570th) | £3,256 (586th) | £3,061 (563rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £5 (439th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,145 (86th) | £1,814 | £1,436 (182nd) | £3,738 (18th) | £3,966 (12th) | £2,777 (26th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,621 (115th) | £4,925 | £4,899 (144th) | £13,417 (12th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,058 (joint 320th) | £0 | £2,010 (joint 52nd) | £2,010 (joint 48th) | £2,010 (joint 48th) | £2,010 (joint 47th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £122,242 (534th) | £115,475 | £110,208 (545th) | £117,249 (368th) | £99,726 (545th) | £76,865 (526th) |
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- Vincent Cable's personal website
- Biography (From The Guardian)
- Biography (From Wikipedia)
- Parliamentary career (From The Guardian)
- Election results for Twickenham (From The Guardian)
- Previous candidacies (From The Guardian)
- Contact details (From The Guardian)
- General information (From BBC News)
- TV/radio appearances (From BBC Programme Catalogue)
Nearby constituencies
- Richmond Park (3 miles)
- Brentford & Isleworth (3 miles)
- Feltham & Heston (4 miles)
- Spelthorne (5 miles)
- Kingston & Surbiton (5 miles)
Other offices held in the past
- Acting Leader (16 Oct 2007 to 20 Dec 2007)
- Shadow Chancellor & Acting Party Leader, Treasury (16 Oct 2007 to 20 Dec 2007)
- Deputy Leader (4 Apr 2006 to 16 Oct 2007)
- Shadow Chancellor, Treasury (26 Jan 2004 to 16 Oct 2007)
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