A selection of John Stanley's votes

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• Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 17 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, between 2008–2013
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2007–2015
• Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 4 votes against, 5 absences, between 1999–2012
• Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 11 votes for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, between 2012–2014
• Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 6 votes against, 2 absences, between 2003–2012
• Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees Show votes 4 votes for, 8 votes against, 2 absences, between 1998–2012

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Recent appearances

• Elections for Positions in the House: Backbench Business — Valedictory Debate 26 Mar 2015

  Without question, the greatest privilege I have had during my 41 years in this House and throughout my life is to have represented the people of Tonbridge and Malling in one of the most beautiful and historic parts of our country. I make a mild apology to Members on both sides of the House that my constituency is a phonetical trap, given that, almost with exception, every town and village is...

• Elections for Positions in the House: Backbench Business — Valedictory Debate 26 Mar 2015

  Mr Speaker, I understood that your latitude applied only to the opening speakers, not to those of us speaking subsequently, but I await your guidance. I would tell my hon. Friend that under the so-called Henry VIII powers, Ministers now have an order-making power, which is defined as “a delegated power which enables a Minister, by delegated legislation, to amend, modify or repeal an Act of...

• Elections for Positions in the House: Backbench Business — Valedictory Debate 26 Mar 2015

  I am grateful to my hon. Friend, but I am anxious not to be responsible for cutting anybody out of this debate. I want to turn to my next very important point. I will not repeat what I said on 6 March in the debate on the private Member’s Bill, introduced by my right hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan), to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. For me,...

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Tonbridge and Malling

Entered the House of Commons on 28 February 1974 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election

• Personal website
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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Health
• Transport
• Home Department
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Iraq
• Members: Correspondence
• Pandemic Influenza
• Correspondence
• Community Hospitals

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (13 Oct 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (10 Mar 2008 to 13 Oct 2010)
• Member, Foreign Affairs: Entry Clearance Sub-Committee (29 Jan 1998 to 19 Nov 1998)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 30 Mar 2015)
• The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (12 Jun 1987 to 1 Jun 1988)
• Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces) (13 Jun 1983 to 12 Jun 1987)
• Minister (Department of Environment) (Housing & Construction) (7 May 1979 to 12 Jun 1983)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Thomas Tugendhat

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all John Stanley’s speeches
• Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 57.71% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 20–21 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 97 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 718 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)