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Ann Clwyd
Labour MP for Cynon Valley
- Entered Parliament on 3 May 1984 — unknown
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ann Clwyd voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Trade and Industry, Health, Defence, Wales
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan, Indonesia, Arms Export Licences, Miners' Compensation, UK Nationals (Cuba)
(based on written questions asked by Ann Clwyd and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Female Genital Mutilation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (17 May 2012)
“I am sure that the Leader of the House will agree that good communications between Members and their constituents are important. For the past three days, the telephone in my constituency office has been out of action. I do not know whether anybody else has faced the exasperation of trying to contact BT recently. I spent three quarters of an hour on the telephone yesterday, trying to get hold...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Foreign Affairs and International Development (15 May 2012)
“As the Foreign Secretary knows, the Inter-Parliamentary Union campaigned for many years for the political prisoners in Burmese jails. Although we welcome the release of some of them, hundreds are still in prison. Will he make a particular point of asking for the release of all political prisoners in Burma?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Rehabilitation of Offenders (15 May 2012)
“What recent representations he has received on the operation of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 20 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 62.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 578 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,201 (240th) | £21,165 (336th) | £21,600 (300th) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £18,920 (322nd) | £3,618 (613th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £13,791 (478th) | £14,577 (474th) | £19,922 (374th) | £16,899 | £12,564 (564th) | £18,543 (399th) | £14,967 (551st) | £16,434 (286th) |
| Staffing costs | £86,657 (491st) | £89,847 (237th) | £84,036 (333rd) | £86,995 | £62,672 (581st) | £61,641 (572nd) | £56,997 (570th) | £32,578 (612th) |
| Communications Allowance | £3,527 (517th) | £4,298 (490th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,945 (335th)1 | £7,426 (328th)2 | £6,792 (353rd)3 | £4,170 | £11,161 (300th) | £4,354 (543rd) | £10,031 (325th) | £5,163 (457th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £320 (229th) | £389 (241st) | £530 (216th) | £1,147 | £383 (302nd) | £657 (222nd) | £294 (338th) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £976 (610th) | £836 (292nd) | £416 (joint 564th with 1 other) | £665 | £666 (424th) | £626 (447th) | £836 (413th) | £661 (joint 484th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,374 (117th) | £2,162 (389th) | £3,005 | £4,544 (161st) | £2,095 (392nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,007 (572nd) | £937 (joint 502nd with 4 others) | £937 | £1,975 (117th) | £1,975 (110th) | £1,975 (109th) | £1,975 (104th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £133,417 (517th) | £143,919 (372nd) | £136,395 (353rd) | £135,452 | £114,867 (489th) | £108,811 (526th) | £88,718 (619th) | £74,820 (joint 548th with 1 other) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,982 (44th). Rail £963 (462nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,013 (22nd). Rail £413 (500th).