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Andrew Gwynne
Labour MP for Denton and Reddish
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Gwynne voted on key issues:
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Health, Communities and Local Government, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Bus Services: Finance, Thromboembolism, Railways: Finance, Hezbollah, Rolling Stock
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Gwynne and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)
“My hon. Friend is making a superb case in respect of the bus services to college. Let me give her an example from my constituency of a barmy outcome of bus deregulation. We now have different bus companies operating the buses going to the schools from those operating the buses coming back, which means that parents are having to pay twice for their children’s bus fares.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: European Court of Human Rights (15 May 2012)
“If the hon. Gentleman eventually finds time to bring forward a British Bill of Rights, what elements of the Human Rights Act does he think will be in it?”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Income Tax (1 May 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate his Department has made of the additional number of people who will pay the 40 per cent income tax rate as a result of his changes to rates of taxation in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) England and (c) the UK in each of the next five years; (2) how many people in Denton and Reddish constituency were paying the 40 per cent...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 53 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 111 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70.80% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 29 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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") 142 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,326 (177th) | £23,026 (186th) | £21,607 (299th) | £21,581 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,898 (221st) | £16,576 (415th) | £28,597 (31st) | £28,388 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £90,100 (444th) | £94,381 (68th) | £87,463 (144th) | £57,766 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £20,236 (11th) | £10,391 (99th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,785 (53rd)1 | £15,064 (76th)2 | £14,322 (83rd)3 | £12,143 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £108 (joint 334th with 1 other) | £64 (398th) | £473 (joint 226th with 1 other) | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £360 (joint 245th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £546 (joint 40th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £5,020 (184th) | £545 (462nd) | £2,389 (69th) | £1,483 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £92 (640th) | £8,093 (57th) | £3,200 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,280 (216th) | £1,166 (joint 151st with 11 others) | £1,166 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £173,473 (48th) | £162,325 (73rd) | £164,110 (12th) | £125,727 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,529 (436th). Rail £13,443 (11th). Air £813 (105th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,569 (454th). Rail £13,495 (6th).
3 Car £1,602 (469th). Rail £12,460 (8th). Air £175 (215th). Other £85 (55th).