A selection of Nick Palmer's votes

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• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 7 votes for, 1 vote against, between 1999–2007
• Almost always voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 9 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2003–2007
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 1997–2004
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2007
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 37 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, between 2006–2009

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Recent appearances

• Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements 7 Apr 2010

  I am just concerned, as are a lot of people out there, that what is underlying this debate is a Front-Bench stitch-up. None of the Front Benchers are saying clearly that they are taking a different course. They are whingeing at length about the process, but we are not hearing an alternative concept. For me, the basic case for what is being proposed has not been made, and until we have a...

• Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements 7 Apr 2010

  Is the hon. Gentleman going to proceed from his party political knockabout to tell us what the Conservative party's position is? Were it to take power, would it not do something very similar?

• Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements 7 Apr 2010

  I shall be brief, because time is short. I am possibly one of the few Members who have suffered directly from illegal copying. When I produced my video game it was almost immediately copied, and I presume that I lost some royalties from that. So I do not consider this to be a completely trivial problem, as has been suggested. However, there are two basic difficulties. First, the remedy is...

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Broxtowe

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @NickPalmerMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Defence
• Home Department
• Education and Skills
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Northern Ireland
• Peace Process
• Post Office
• Agency Performance Targets
• Prisons (Rehabilitation)
• School Toilets

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (10 Aug 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Justice Committee (7 Nov 2007 to 11 May 2010)
• PPS (Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (28 Jun 2007 to 16 Oct 2008)
• PPS (Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State), Department of Trade and Industry (10 Nov 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
• PPS (Team PPS), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Lester
• William Warbey
• Frederick Cocks
• George Spencer

Future MPs in this constituency

• Anna Soubry

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Energy Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
• Finance Bill Committee (24 out of 24)
• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 22)
• Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Children Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Water Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Communications Bill Committee (15 out of 25)
• Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Nick Palmer’s speeches
• Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below 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 82.22% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 58 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 218 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)