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Alasdair McDonnell

Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for Belfast South, Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Belfast South

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• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
• Majority: 1,235 votes. — 571st 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 Alasdair McDonnell voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Northern Ireland, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Health, Treasury, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Rates Collection Agency, Invest Northern Ireland, Hip Replacements, Housing, Illegal Dumping Unit

(based on written questions asked by Alasdair McDonnell and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Historical Inquiries (4 Nov 2009)

“Does the Secretary of State accept that there is still much work to be done before the needs of many of the innocent victims are met? A scurrilous rumour is going around that he intends to bin the report of the Consultative Group on the Past. Does he have any plans for making progress?”

Northern Ireland Assembly: Employment And Learning: Further Education: Engineering (2 Nov 2009)

“On a similar vein, will the Minister outline his assessment — [Interruption.]”

Northern Ireland Assembly: Employment And Learning: Further Education: Engineering (2 Nov 2009)

“I apologise for that, Mr Speaker. Will the Minister outline his and his Department’s assessment of the independent review of economic policy from the perspective of the further education sector, particularly on the question of innovation in firms and the delivery of skills to encourage inward investment?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 13 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 very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 23% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
• 91 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alasdair McDonnell speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 18 times in debates — well 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,540 (457th). Rail £1,223 (408th). Air £6,373 (67th). Misc £174 (130th).

^** Car £1,871 (436th). Rail £1,158 (405th). Air £7,942 (61st).