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Brian H Donohoe
Labour MP for Central Ayrshire

  • Also represented Cunninghame South
  • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Brian H Donohoe voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. 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
  • 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 moderately for replacing Trident. 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 more EU integration. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. 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 moderately for introducing ID cards. 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 strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes

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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

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)

“But is it not the case that specifically in Scotland, as a consequence of the delays that are being created by the nats, inward investment is faltering?”

Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)

“Is the right hon. Gentleman saying, in that respect, that the trade unions have a major part to play, and that people should join them so that they are protected against the legislation?”

Written Answers — Treasury: Mortgages (30 Apr 2012)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of small mortgage brokers who have surrendered their licences and withdrawn from mortgage business in the last year; (2) how many small mortgage brokers are licensed to trade.”

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  • Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 50 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 72.63% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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.
  • 46 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Brian H Donohoe’s activity.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 164 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 9 May 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Cayman Islands Government
Address of donor: Government Administration Building, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel, accommodation and other costs; £8,600
Destination of visit: Grand Cayman
Date of visit: 30 March-6 April 2012
Purpose of visit: to attend events and meetings covering a wide range of topics with the Government and other interested parties
(Registered 12 April 2012)

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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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).