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Alan Williams

Labour MP for Swansea West

• Entered Parliament on 15 October 1964 — General election
• Majority: 4,269 votes. — 425th 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 Alan Williams voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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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

• Chairman, Liaison Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Treasury, Culture Media and Sport, Defence, Education and Skills, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Royal Residences, Royal Palaces, Children's Car Seats, House of Lords: Reform, Royal Lodge, Windsor

(based on written questions asked by Alan Williams and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 42 — Employment etc of a former Comptroller and Auditor General (4 Nov 2009)

“The proposal relating to the advisory committee is certainly what we originally recommended. I think it was then suggested that there might be a more appropriate body at the time, and that the arrangement should therefore be left open. It was not a case of precluding what had been proposed originally; it was merely a case of leaving things open so that a decision could be made at the time. We...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 38 — Status of the Comptroller and Auditor General etc (4 Nov 2009)

“The hon. Gentleman is right in what he said about expenses. We virtually dealt with that by having the CAG look at the expenses proposals and come to see me about them. However, the problem of governance was not just about expenses—it was about the staff of the organisation, who, as the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee indicated, were dependent on the good will of the CAG for...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 40 — Remuneration package of the Comptroller and Auditor General (4 Nov 2009)

“The CAG already submits his expenses to me as Chairman of the commission and publishes them on a six-monthly basis which, we are assured, goes further than for any other public servant. He is therefore already ahead of the game elsewhere in Whitehall.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (1 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 78% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations 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.
• 88 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alan Williams speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 724 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,224 (275th). Rail £349 (510th).

^** Car £2,992 (322nd). Rail £798 (444th).