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Adam Price
Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East & Dinefwr
- Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Transport; Business, Innovation and Skills; Treasury; Olympics; Energy and Climate Change) (since 21 Jul 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 6,718 votes. — 330th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Adam Price voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for 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, Culture, Media & Sport Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Trade and Industry, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, Prime Minister
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Miners' Compensation, Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations, Low Flying, Departmental Databases
(based on written questions asked by Adam Price and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Pensions Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: Help for Heroes (26 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much public funding has been awarded for the rehabilitation work of Help for Heroes (a) in total and (b) in Wales in each of the last five years.”
- Business, Innovation and Skills: Agency Workers (14 Jan 2010) has video
“Does the Minister accept that this change has long been campaigned for? There have been two series of consultation and there is now no impediment to ensuring that agency and temporary workers get the justice for which they have been calling for so many years.”
- Deferred Divisions: Constitutional Law (15 Dec 2009) has video
“Will the hon. Lady give way?”
More of Adam Price's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 31 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 58% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 77 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Adam Price speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 212 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £16,610 (397th) | £22,788 (241st) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,291 (joint 204th with 1 other) | £19,597 (304th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £20,938 (179th) | £19,065 (292nd) | £22,570 (168th) | £23,243 | £19,318 (joint 110th with 2 others) | £18,272 (434th) | £17,864 (joint 398th with 1 other) | £19,754 (172nd) |
| Staffing costs | £96,494 (287th) | £90,773 (163rd) | £87,150 (184th) | £80,838 | £70,336 (joint 324th with 20 others) | £62,708 (549th) | £65,308 (277th) | £57,171 (39th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,371 (429th) | £4,011 (506th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,479 (222nd)3 | £9,290 (250th)2 | £10,541 (196th)1 | £9,343 | £12,379 (255th) | £13,232 (206th) | £11,367 (273rd) | £9,117 (268th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £825 (94th) | £1,504 (46th) | £1,001 (129th) | £2,272 | £1,627 (joint 105th with 1 other) | £1,229 (126th) | £419 (joint 281st with 1 other) | £783 (164th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,703 (joint 556th with 1 other) | £283 (589th) | £272 (614th) | £140 | £268 (607th) | £558 (480th) | £814 (joint 428th with 1 other) | £1,066 (300th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £510 (joint 613th with 2 others) | £1,048 (577th) | £480 | £805 (598th) | £2,363 (349th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,440 (42nd) | £1,237 (76th) | £0 | £1,838 (joint 413th with 2 others) | £1,838 (joint 406th with 2 others) | £1,838 (joint 395th with 1 other) | £1,838 (361st) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £152,420 (297th) | £149,664 (271st) | £145,929 (156th) | £137,950 | £127,473 (243rd) | £120,491 (300th) | £117,207 (232nd) | £107,738 (28th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,619 (146th). Rail £4,626 (199th). Misc £45 (203rd).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,433 (135th). Rail £4,269 (224th). Other: European £777 (69th).