• Labour MP for Edinburgh South West
• Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury (since 28 Jun 2007)
• Majority: 7,242 votes. — 343rd out of 635 MPs.
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How Alistair Darling voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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.

This MP is not currently on any select committee and has had no written questions answered for which we know the department or subject.

Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Competitiveness (Northern Ireland) (30 Apr 2008)

“Following representations by political parties in Northern Ireland, the Government commissioned Sir David Varney, in March 2007, to carry out a review of tax policy in Northern Ireland. The review was published in December 2007. His report confirmed that the Northern Ireland economy was doing well under the devolution arrangements introduced a year ago. For example, Northern Ireland had the...”

Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Ecofin (25 Apr 2008)

“The informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held in Ljubljana on 4 and 5 April. The main discussion was on the economic and financial situation, with a particular focus on financial stability and supervision. Ministers discussed progress against the financial stability roadmap agreed at ECOFIN in October as well as the supervision of cross border institutions within the...”

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• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 53% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 45 comments on this MP's speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 87 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alistair Darling speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1133 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £729 (556th). Rail £2,658 (281st). Air £8,658 (55th).