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Douglas Carswell is a former MP for Clacton.

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Former UKIP MP for Clacton

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

Party was Conservative until 29 Aug 2014

Also represented Harwich

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @DouglasCarswell

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Douglas Carswell campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Defence
• Home Department
• Department of Health
• Home Office
• Health
• Defence: Procurement
• Departments: Foreign Relations
• Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operations
• Non-Governmental Organisations: Finance
• Lynx Helicopters: Procurement

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 9 Feb 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee ( 9 Nov 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Education & Skills Committee (16 Jan 2006 to 8 Nov 2007)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (12 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2008)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Giles Watling
• Nigel Farage

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (7 out of 11)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• The Prime Minister Was Asked: Engagements 26 Apr 2017

  What assurances can the Prime Minister give to the 3.8 million people who voted UKIP at the last election that if she is Prime Minister after 8 June, the United Kingdom will become a sovereign country again, living under our own Parliament and making our own laws?

• Article 50 29 Mar 2017

  The Prime Minister has the good will of the country as she seeks a new relationship with our European allies. Will she confirm that in transposing EU directives and regulations into UK law, we do not transpose all the rulings of the ECJ? Will she ensure that, for example, the EU charter of fundamental rights is not imposed, given that we have long-standing assurances that it will not have...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prisons and Courts Bill 23 Mar 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration was given to including punishment as a purpose of prisons in clause 1(2) of the Prisons and Courts Bill.

More of Douglas Carswell’s recent appearances