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Chris Ruane
Labour MP for Vale of Clwyd
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Chris Ruane voted on key issues since 2001:
- 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 moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- 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
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Health, Home Department, Cabinet Office, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Electoral Register, Third Sector, Departmental Responsibilities, Electoral Registration, Stress
(based on written questions asked by Chris Ruane and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- 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
- Written Answers — Home Department: Alcoholic Drinks: Education (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on alcohol awareness and education in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Road Traffic Offences: Cycling (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued for the offence of cycling on the pavement in each year since the introduction of the offence, by location.”
- Written Answers — Health: Pain: Mental Illness (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 25 April 2012, Official Report, column 911W, on pain: mental illness, what assessment has been made of the efficacy of using mindfulness-based therapies for the alleviation of chronic pain and depression in sufferers of chronic pain.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 782 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 68.07% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 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") 175 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
September 2011, payment of £150 Hours: 1 hr. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 20 January 2012)
January 2012, payment of £150 Hours: 1 hr. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 8 March 2012)
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:
May 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 19 July 2011)
June 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 19 July 2011)
July 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 19 July 2011)
September 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 20 January 2012)
October-November 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 20 January 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: All Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam, using funds from sponsors that have been previously declared in 2009, including the University of Central Lancashire and Premier Oil. Some other funding and hospitality was provided by non-registrable sources.
Address of donor: All Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam, House of Commons
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,440 to cover the cost of economy international flights, hotels and internal flights.
Destination of visit: Vietnam
Date of visit: 17-24 September 2011
Purpose of visit: to meet with members of the Vietnamese government, National assembly, British businesses and civil society organizations in order to deepen the relationship between the two countries and explore new opportunities for British businesses at a time when Vietnam continues to develop at a rapid pace.
(Registered 17 October 2011)
8. Land and Property
Flat in Portugal.
Flat in London, from which rental income is received.
Register last updated: 30 Apr 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 | £23,940 (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).