Flight Watch ✈️

Track the carbon footprint of UK MPs based on their air travel.

Individual footprints, leader boards and busiest flyers!
(data starts 2023)

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*this data is taken mainly from the UK Parliament Register of Interests, which is a dataset of expensed or gifted things (which I've filtered for flights).

As not every flight taken by an MP is applicable for the Register of Interests this list is not exhaustive of all MP trips

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👨‍✈️hmmmmm (plane noise)
🛫 Where do Conservative MPs fly to?

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Surprised by any?
Helicopters is the answer by the way, Rishi loved to fly around the UK in helicopters.

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@KBW70s fun idea!

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🛩 Where do Labour MPs fly to? 🚨
number 12 will shock you!

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*this data is taken mainly from the UK Parliament Register of Interests, which is a dataset of expensed or gifted things (which I've filtered for flights).

As not every flight taken by an MP is applicable for the Register of Interests, this list is not exhaustive.

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🚨 Is anywhere missing from the top 20 in your opinion? 🇬🇧

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*this data is taken mainly from the UK Parliament Register of Interests, which is a dataset of expensed or gifted things (which I've filtered for flights).

As not every flight taken by an MP is applicable for the Register of Interests, this list is not exhaustive.

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🇬🇧MPs have been very busy - just not always in Parliament. Here's where they've been heading instead.

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Tomorrow I'll be looking at the most popular MP flight destinations per-party! So stay tuned!

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Carbon Footprint: Andrew Western (Labour)
@AndrewHWestern

✈️ Total CO2: 11.6 tonnes 🏭 (since Jan 2024)

That's 3.0× the average 🇬🇧 Brit's travel footprint

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@bil4321 @RuthJonesLabour 😂

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Ruth Jones (Labour)
@RuthJonesLabour

✈️ Total CO2: 12.3 tonnes 🏭 (since Sep 2023)

That's 2.4× the average 🇬🇧 Brit's travel footprint

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Happy May Day @YasminQureshiMP !

Carbon Footprint: Yasmin Qureshi (Labour)

✈️ Total CO2: 13.4 tonnes 🏭 (since May 2023)

That's 2.2× the average 🇬🇧 Brit's travel footprint

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Happy May Day!

Carbon Footprint: Stephen Morgan (Labour)
@StephenMorganMP

✈️ Total CO2: 14.0 tonnes 🏭 (since Apr 2023)

That's 2.2× the average 🇬🇧 Brit's travel footprint

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Lovely this time of year

Carbon Footprint: Judith Cummins (Labour)
@JudithCummins

✈️ Total CO2: 14.3 tonnes 🏭 (since Apr 2023)

That's 2.2× the average 🇬🇧 Brit's travel footprint

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Good morning 🌞

Carbon Footprint: Helena Dollimore (Labour (Co-op))
@helenadollimore

✈️ Total CO2: 13.7 tonnes 🏭 (since Jul 2023)

That's 2.4× the average 🇬🇧 Brit's travel footprint

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Carbon Footprint: David Reed (Conservative)
@David__Reed

✈️ Total CO2: 12.1 tonnes 🏭 (since Feb 2024)

That's 3.1× the average 🇬🇧 Brit's travel footprint

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Carbon Footprint: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op))
@SeemaMalhotra1

✈️ Total CO2: 14.4 tonnes 🏭 (since May 2023)

That's 2.4× the average 🇬🇧 Brit's travel footprint