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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 for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. 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 against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Occasionally 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): Air Passenger Duty, Vehicle Fleets, 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)
- Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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 — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 May 2013)
“Replying to earlier questions, the Deputy Prime Minister blamed everybody but himself and his Government for the fixing of fuel prices. I am old enough to remember the Prices Commission, which ensured that the price of petrol and other commodities was the same across the whole land. Asda is able to do that, but the oil companies are price fixing in my constituency and elsewhere. Also, this...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Road Maintenance (25 Apr 2013)
“What plans he has for road maintenance funding.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Road Maintenance (25 Apr 2013)
“Across the whole United Kingdom, potholes are appearing in all our roads because of the cuts taking place. I remember my grandmother telling me, “A stitch in time saves nine.” It is for the Government to start believing that that is a good way forward for the maintenance of our roads. It is costing local government more money in compensation for cars in accidents as a result of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — 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 70.97% 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") 179 times in debates — 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 | £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).