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Dai Davies

Independent MP for Blaenau Gwent

• Entered Parliament on 30 June 2006 — Byelection
• Majority: 2,484 votes. — 488th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Dai Davies voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Treasury, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Climate Change, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Disarmament, Banks: Regulation

(based on written questions asked by Dai Davies and answered by departments)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Members: Allowances (1 Jul 2009)

“To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how much was spent on the redaction of material relating to hon. Members' allowances prior to publication; who undertook the redaction process; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines provided for the conduct of the redaction work.”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Weapons (1 Jul 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made on the Road to 2010 Plan in respect of the non-proliferation treaty review conference; and if he will make a statement.”

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Digital Broadcasting (1 Jul 2009)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of (a) energy demand and (b) sustainable use of materials of the proposals contained in the Digital Britain White Paper; and what assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of UK carbon dioxide emissions of implementation of the proposals...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 376 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 73% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 28 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
• 57 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Dai Davies speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 27 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £2,698 (313th).

^** Rail £2,198 (318th).