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Willie Rennie

Liberal Democrat MP for Dunfermline & Fife West

  • Chair of Parliamentary Campaigns; Shadow Defence Minister (since 8 Jan 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 10 February 2006 — Byelection
  • Majority: 1,800 votes. — 546th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Willie Rennie voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Defence, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Transport, Energy and Climate Change

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Housing, Armed Forces: Health Services, Gurkhas, Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Aircraft Carriers

(based on written questions asked by Willie Rennie and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Internet (12 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will commission a market study of the entertainment industry's use of internet sharing technology.”

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (12 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average tour interval for each unit deployed in Afghanistan has been in the last 12 months.”

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Housing (12 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 234W, on armed forces: housing, what cost was incurred in each region.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 174 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 71 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Willie Rennie speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 98 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

6. Overseas visits
24-28 May 2008, to Israel and the Palestinian Authority with Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel (LDFI). Air travel, some ground travel within Israel and West Bank and some hospitality paid for by LDFI. Accommodation paid for by our hosts the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Registered 1 July 2008)

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
Additional Costs Allowance£21,220 (331st) £21,128 (338th) £4,328        
London Supplement£0 £0 £0        
Incidental Expenses Provision£26,629 (32nd) £28,983 (24th) £6,421        
Staffing Allowance£82,164 (491st) £76,746 (529th) £19,598        
Communications Allowance£12,897 (44th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£13,643 (112th)* £15,161 (71st)** £2,589        
Members' Staff Travel£1,157 (78th) £81 (joint 387th) £0        
Members' Spouse Travel£334 (253rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£167 (joint 72nd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£952 (joint 241st) £1,131 (246th) £751        
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,870 (252nd) £3,362 (243rd) £2,890 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,169 (380th) £1,093 (joint 254th) £1,093        
Other Costs£0 £0 £0        
Total£163,202 (67th) £147,685 (122nd) £37,670        

* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,623 (445th). Rail £8,527 (77th). Air £3,272 (76th). Misc £221 (116th).

** Car £3,951 (245th). 3rd party £26 (50th). Rail £5,292 (161st). Air £5,819 (71st). Other £73 (56th).