A selection of Humfrey Malins's votes

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• Consistently voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 0 votes for, 8 votes against, between 1999–2007
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 31 votes against, 10 absences, between 2008–2009
• Almost always voted against university tuition fees Show votes 1 vote for, 10 votes against, between 1997–2004
• Voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2008
• Voted against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2004–2010
• Almost always voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 9 votes against, between 2003–2007

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Recent appearances

• Crime and Security Bill: Clause 24 — Power to issue a domestic violence protection notice 8 Mar 2010

  I should like to say a few words about domestic violence protection notices and speak to amendments 21 and 22. I begin by saying that this is a troubling night-I wonder whether other colleagues think so-in the sense that over the years, arguments have quite often been put forward by the Opposition or Government Back Benchers on Second Reading that require a Bill Committee to consider an issue...

• Crime and Security Bill: Clause 24 — Power to issue a domestic violence protection notice 8 Mar 2010

  A very fine sight, if I may say so, particularly on the rugby field in the old days and the golf course nowadays- [ Laughter. ] I am way off the subject, for which I apologise. If the applicant-the police officer-goes to a court on a Friday afternoon, who can guarantee that the application will be heard in the court on the Monday or Tuesday morning? The clerk of the court is not so bound by...

• Crime and Security Bill: Clause 24 — Power to issue a domestic violence protection notice 8 Mar 2010

  I may not get another opportunity to say to the Minister that in all my dealings with him over the years, I have always found him measured, kindly, helpful and constructive.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Woking

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

Also represented Croydon North West

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• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Justice
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Health
• Olympics
• Asylum Seekers
• Asylum and Immigration
• Correspondence
• Parliamentary Questions
• Immigration

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (3 Dec 2008 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Justice Committee (7 Nov 2007 to 5 Feb 2008)
• Member, Speaker's Committee (4 Oct 2006 to 3 Dec 2008)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (1 Nov 2005 to 4 Oct 2006)
• Shadow Minister, (Assisted By Shadow Law Officers) (20 May 2005 to 16 Dec 2005)
• Shadow Minister, Home Affairs (6 Jul 2004 to 20 May 2005)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Shadow Minister, Home, Constitutional & Legal Affairs (10 May 2004 to 6 Jul 2004)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Cranley Onslow
• Harold Watkinson

Future MPs in this constituency

• Cranley Onslow
• Jonathan Lord

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Law Commission Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of 13)
• Sexual Offences Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (24 out of 32)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Chairman, Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 7)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Humfrey Malins’s speeches
• Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 58.07% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 84 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 291 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)