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Willie Rennie
Former Liberal Democrat MP for Dunfermline and West Fife
- Entered Parliament on 10 February 2006 — Byelection
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 1,800 votes. — 546th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Willie Rennie voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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 their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Government Assistance (8 Apr 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the small firms loan guarantee scheme.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Government Assistance (8 Apr 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions his Department has had with Royal Bank of Scotland on its administration of the small firms loan guarantee scheme.”
- Written Answers — Defence: Members: Correspondence (7 Apr 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2010, Official Report, column 1117W, on armed forces: housing, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife.”
More of Willie Rennie's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 244 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 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70.73% of votes in this 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.
- 56 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 106 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,709 (215th) | £21,220 (331st) | £21,128 (338th) | £4,328 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,055 (308th) | £26,629 (32nd) | £28,983 (24th) | £6,421 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £94,537 (346th) | £82,164 (491st) | £76,746 (529th) | £19,598 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £14,814 (31st) | £12,897 (44th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,629 (57th)1 | £13,643 (112th)2 | £15,161 (71st)3 | £2,589 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £337 (joint 214th with 2 others) | £1,157 (78th) | £81 (joint 387th with 1 other) | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £821 (joint 145th with 1 other) | £334 (253rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £424 (40th) | £167 (joint 72nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,262 (236th) | £952 (joint 241st with 1 other) | £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 with 3 others) | £1,093 | |||||
| Other Costs | £1,339 (75th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £171,929 (63rd) | £163,202 (67th) | £147,685 (122nd) | £37,670 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,451 (321st). Rail £8,772 (61st). Air £3,645 (72nd). Misc £167 (136th). Other: European £594 (92nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,623 (445th). Rail £8,527 (77th). Air £3,272 (76th). Misc £221 (116th).
3 Car £3,951 (245th). 3rd party £26 (50th). Rail £5,292 (161st). Air £5,819 (71st). Other £73 (56th).