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Andrew Gwynne
Labour MP for Denton and Reddish
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Gwynne voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. 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)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- 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)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning “Tameside Works First”, the initiative of my local authority. Is she also aware that Tameside council had 700 young people on the future jobs fund, which was scrapped by this Government?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“The hon. Gentleman said that local authorities should have expected and planned for reductions. I have some sympathy with that argument because it was clear, as he said, that were there to be a Conservative Government in particular, there would be some substantial reductions to local authority funding. Does he recognise, however, that the real problem for authorities such as mine started in...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“My right hon. Friend is right to highlight the real impact of these cuts in areas such as the north-west of England where my constituency is based. May I share with him the impact of the cuts on Tameside, which saw a £38 million reduction last year and a £35 million reduction this year, and which will see a £32 million reduction next year? That will have a real impact on the...”
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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 132 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 68.76% 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") 133 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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 | 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).