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Vincent Cable
Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham
- Secretary of State, Business, Innovation and Skills (since 12 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Vincent Cable voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Trade and Industry, Health, Home Department, Defence
- 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)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (0 out of 12)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (0 out of 14)
- Finance Bill Committee (0 out of 18)
- Finance Bill Committee (0 out of 24)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Export Control Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Home Energy Conservation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Enterprise Bill Committee (15 out of 19)
Most recent appearances
- Written Ministerial Statements — Business, Innovation and Skills: Strategic Export Licensing (7 Feb 2012)
“My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary announced to the House on 13 October 2011 the conclusions of his review of defence and security export policy in the light of events in the middle east and north Africa. It concluded that there were no fundamental flaws with the UK strategic export licensing system. We share this view. However, the review did identify areas where our system could be...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: High Pay Commission (2 Feb 2012)
“I welcome the High Pay Commission’s valuable contribution to this debate. The proposals that I announced to the House last week drew on its analysis, and we are taking forward 11 of its 12 recommendations either in full or in spirit. We have chosen not to implement its recommendation requiring workers to be put on all remuneration committees.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: High Pay Commission (2 Feb 2012)
“I understand that there is to be an urgent question shortly, when hon. Members will be able to go into that issue in detail if they wish. I simply say that this concerns an exceptionally useful individual who has helped to turn around that organisation. The arrangements under which the negotiations took place involved substantial value for money for the taxpayer and a tax cut by the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 54.68% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 31 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1008 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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 | £41 (614th) |
| 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) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £21,794 (134th) | £21,333 (140th) | £20,653 (267th) | £19,505 | £19,269 (170th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £12,942 (423rd) |
| Staffing costs | £98,878 (200th) | £90,422 (201st) | £87,056 (199th) | £83,515 | £76,812 (108th) | £75,565 (5th) | £72,260 (joint 28th with 1 other) | £56,034 (53rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,086 (126th) | £3,538 (515th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,740 (555th)1 | £1,680 (595th)2 | £2,992 (558th)3 | £3,103 | £4,164 (561st) | £3,720 (570th) | £3,256 (586th) | £3,061 (563rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £5 (439th) | £0 | £0 | £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 | £3,941 (275th) | £1,152 (177th) | £2,145 (86th) | £1,814 | £1,436 (182nd) | £3,738 (18th) | £3,966 (12th) | £2,777 (26th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,948 (138th) | £5,621 (115th) | £4,925 | £4,899 (144th) | £13,417 (12th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,255 (joint 257th with 4 others) | £1,058 (joint 320th with 22 others) | £0 | £2,010 (joint 52nd with 6 others) | £2,010 (joint 48th with 6 others) | £2,010 (joint 48th with 6 others) | £2,010 (joint 47th with 6 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £141,355 (437th) | £126,140 (568th) | £122,242 (534th) | £115,475 | £110,208 (545th) | £117,249 (368th) | £99,726 (545th) | £76,865 (526th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £980 (499th). Rail £1,760 (374th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th).