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Chris Ruane
Labour MP for Vale of Clwyd
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Chris Ruane voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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 against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Cabinet Office, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Electoral Register, Departmental Responsibilities, Third Sector, Written Questions, Electoral Registration
(based on written questions asked by Chris Ruane and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
- Mobile Homes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (16 out of 20)
- Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Housing Bill Committee (11 out of 19)
- Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- International Development Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Petitions: Closure of Rhyl Crown Post Office (21 May 2013)
“I wish to present the following petition to Parliament on behalf of the residents of Rhyl and the Vale of Clwyd, who are totally opposed to the proposal by Post Office Ltd to franchise Rhyl Crown Post Office. They believe that the proposal will severely damage the provision of services in Rhyl, especially to the elderly, and they call on Post Office Ltd to withdraw its proposal and to retain...”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Europol and Eurojust (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times European countries have made requests for cooperation from the UK via (a) Europol and (b) Eurojust in each of the last 10 years.”
- Written Answers — Health: Sorafenib (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the availability of the drug sorafenib in England.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 661 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 70.08% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 211 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £23,940 (72nd) | £23,076 (joint 156th with 1 other) | £21,966 (266th) | £21,634 | £19,560 (326th) | £15,977 (440th) | £14,337 (534th) | £12,213 (513th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,571 (288th) | £17,548 (367th) | £19,935 (373rd) | £20,489 | £15,680 (462nd) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £15,778 (525th) | £11,035 (486th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,201 (157th) | £94,240 (joint 71st with 1 other) | £87,694 (133rd) | £83,517 | £72,028 (256th) | £66,148 (joint 405th with 3 others) | £63,788 (joint 346th with 11 others) | £52,761 (106th) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,099 (125th) | £10,000 (joint 130th with 10 others) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,463 (421st)1 | £6,232 (384th)2 | £7,759 (310th)3 | £10,472 | £12,302 (259th) | £11,924 (249th) | £11,279 (276th) | £10,379 (196th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £64 (362nd) | £390 (240th) | £125 (364th) | £1,238 | £1,059 (joint 172nd with 2 others) | £252 (joint 346th with 1 other) | £1,078 (156th) | £718 (183rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £345 (237th) | £540 (211th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £34 (101st) | £93 (joint 87th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,971 (joint 38th with 1 other) | £1,030 (joint 210th with 1 other) | £2,881 (47th) | £4,547 | £3,009 (53rd) | £1,696 (102nd) | £2,310 (47th) | £2,908 (21st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,441 (24th) | £6,767 (87th) | £7,417 | £6,433 (90th) | £5,941 (81st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,345 (joint 129th with 3 others) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £0 | £1,827 (430th) | £1,827 (423rd) | £1,827 (406th) | £1,827 (joint 369th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £166,688 (105th) | £159,935 (joint 103rd with 1 other) | £148,336 (114th) | £149,314 | £131,898 (153rd) | £122,564 (252nd) | £110,397 (387th) | £91,841 (237th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,820 (285th). Rail £2,105 (343rd). Air £446 (122nd). Misc £73 (178th). Other: Rail £19 (155th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,723 (138th). Rail £1,509 (383rd).
3 Car £5,480 (109th). Rail £2,145 (319th). Air £134 (228th).