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Nigel Dodds
DUP MP for Belfast North, DUP MLA for Belfast North
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
- Majority: 5,188 votes. — 340th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nigel Dodds voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Members' Allowances Committee (since 10 Feb 2009)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Northern Ireland, Treasury, Defence, Constitutional Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Police, Fuel Poverty, Kenya, Schools, Belfast Regeneration Office
(based on written questions asked by Nigel Dodds and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video
“Is it possible to justify taking 10 per cent. out of the aid budget? Why should part of the financing come out of the aid budget? Is that not an entirely separate issue?”
- Points of Order (5 Nov 2009)
“Further to the point of order from the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Bone), Mr. Speaker. May I prevail on your good offices to ensure that all right hon. and hon. Members receive, as a matter of urgency, clarification of where matters stand post-Kelly in relation to all the allowances and so on? It appears to many Members that they must trawl through myriad different pieces of...”
- Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)
“Given the greater attention that the House is now, rightly, paying to public opinion of this House, may we have a debate on why the British people continue to be denied their say on the relationship between the UK and the European Union? Why does there appear to be a conspiracy across all the main parties to deny the people of the United Kingdom their say? It is what they want; why can they...”
More of Nigel Dodds's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 26 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 43% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — well below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 151 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £22,992 (198th) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,613 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,331 (joint 159th) | £19,181 (350th) | £16,950 (85th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £29,812 (9th) | £20,762 (255th) | £17,901 | £19,196 (192nd) | £18,767 (joint 287th) | £18,108 (joint 333rd) | £12,879 (427th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £74,351 (588th) | £83,203 (joint 366th) | £79,103 | £66,220 (518th) | £64,243 (498th) | £61,878 (445th) | £58,811 (25th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,111 (119th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £21,536 (14th)* | £19,382 (20th)** | £20,321 | £25,603 (22nd) | £26,295 (17th) | £22,143 (34th) | £20,009 (15th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £463 (223rd) | £1,209 (101st) | £88 | £0 | £1,079 (152nd) | £333 (joint 317th) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £4,091 (13th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £1,782 (13th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,118 (187th) | £863 (joint 330th) | £1,516 | £1,322 (205th) | £998 (251st) | £1,422 (176th) | £1,453 (182nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,052 (132nd) | £2,800 (joint 306th) | £5,909 | £3,529 (216th) | £2,852 (282nd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,301 (181st) | £1,083 (joint 274th) | £0 | £1,877 (joint 346th) | £1,877 (joint 340th) | £1,877 (joint 332nd) | £1,877 (joint 312th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £6,122 (21st) | £6,389 (7th) |
| Total | £171,609 (12th) | £151,412 (72nd) | £146,451 | £138,649 (73rd) | £136,442 (56th) | £131,064 (27th) | £118,368 (3rd) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,572 (333rd). Rail £3,829 (248th). Air £12,043 (24th). Misc £421 (75th). Other: European £2,671 (5th).
** Car £4,623 (180th). Rail £1,354 (393rd). Air £13,149 (22nd). Other £256 (44th).