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Brian H Donohoe
Labour MP for Central Ayrshire
- Also represented Cunninghame South
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Brian H Donohoe voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Treasury, Health, Trade and Industry, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Vehicle Fleets, Air Passenger Duty, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Rescue Services: Helicopters, Members: Correspondence
(based on written questions asked by Brian H Donohoe and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill (30 Jan 2012)
“Given that it is rumoured that the Ministry of Defence is proposing to sell off RAF Northolt, does my hon. Friend believe that it is feasible that that could be part of the equation in overcoming the problem of congestion in the south-east?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill (30 Jan 2012)
“Four miles.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill (30 Jan 2012)
“Will the hon. Gentleman at least concede that the airline business has improved its environmental impact greatly in the past 10 or 20 years?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 59 written questions in the last year — 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 69.85% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 160 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Surveys completed for ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA.
£75 paid to my election fund. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 16 October 2010)
£75 paid to my election fund. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 22 November 2010)
£75 paid to my election fund. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 12 January 2011)
£75 paid to my election fund. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 4 March 2011)
£75 paid to my election fund. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 9 May 2011)
£150 paid to my election fund. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 1 September 2010)
£150 paid to my election fund. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 27 December 2010)
Surveys completed for Dods Parliamentary Services, Westminster Tower, 3rd floor, 3 Albert Embankment London SE1 7SP. £100 paid to my election fund. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 25 October 2010)
Survey completed for Populus, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT. £50 paid to my election fund. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 27 December 2010)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Government of Taiwan
Address of donor: Taiwan Representative Office, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,470
Destination of visit: Republic of China (Taiwan)
Date of visit: 3-9 January 2011
Purpose of visit: meetings with the President of Taiwan and other members of the Government, and members of the Taiwan Parliament.
(Registered 26 January 2011)
Register last updated: 13 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 (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 | £23,996 (56th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,512 | £17,552 (416th) | £20,321 (joint 184th with 2 others) | £19,522 (318th) | £8,381 (587th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,329 (295th) | £20,254 (227th) | £18,866 (436th) | £18,727 | £18,362 (330th) | £18,769 (joint 283rd with 1 other) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £15,720 (326th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,799 (133rd) | £83,894 (447th) | £87,276 (joint 156th with 7 others) | £79,797 | £71,108 (284th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £60,816 (501st) | £45,688 (334th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,714 (256th) | £6,170 (405th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £22,368 (12th)1 | £23,394 (8th)2 | £23,543 (8th)3 | £20,362 | £25,365 (23rd) | £28,195 (11th) | £24,969 (16th) | £21,885 (7th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £658 (joint 118th with 1 other) | £1,275 (68th) | £1,252 (95th) | £801 | £1,110 (167th) | £446 (281st) | £1,677 (74th) | £905 (149th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,389 (joint 87th with 1 other) | £862 (140th) | 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 | £4,396 (223rd) | £609 (427th) | £824 (joint 353rd with 1 other) | £693 | £751 (joint 379th with 2 others) | £982 (261st) | £621 (joint 510th with 1 other) | £1,159 (275th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,558 (286th) | £2,600 (323rd) | £2,293 | £1,916 (joint 418th with 1 other) | £2,433 (336th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,291 (joint 201st with 1 other) | £1,192 (joint 125th with 1 other) | £829 | £1,943 (joint 212th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 208th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 205th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 195th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,216 (65th) | £0 |
| Total | £181,650 (12th) | £163,390 (64th) | £157,663 (31st) | £145,014 | £138,107 (80th) | £141,112 (28th) | £128,998 (38th) | £95,681 (155th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,395 (30th). Rail £172 (547th). Air £13,312 (18th). Misc £2,489 (4th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,986 (51st). Rail £1,249 (404th). Air £13,672 (15th). Misc £2,487 (5th).
3 Car £7,775 (16th). Rail £1,832 (349th). Air £13,936 (15th).