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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.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Work and Pensions, Transport, Energy and Climate Change, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Housing, Gurkhas, Aircraft Carriers, Industrial Diseases: Compensation, Aircraft Carriers: Procurement
(based on written questions asked by Willie Rennie and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (2 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of levels of (a) take-up and (b) awareness of his Department's priority treatment scheme for veterans; (2) on how many occasions (a) war pensioners and (b) veterans have received priority treatment in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland in each year the priority treatment scheme has...”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Cyber Security: Finance (2 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing a cyber security operations centre.”
- Written Answers — Health: NHS: Reserve Forces (1 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support the NHS provides to staff who wish to volunteer for the Reserve Forces; and what guidance his Department provides to the NHS on the matter.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 135 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 2007, 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 90 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 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.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).