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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
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 strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Energy and Climate Change, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Nuclear Power, Banks: Regulation, Nuclear Disarmament
(based on written questions asked by Dai Davies and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq Committee of Inquiry (5 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Prime Minister if he will release for publication the documents to which Lord Goldsmith made specific reference during his appearance at the Chilcot Inquiry on 27 January 2010 and which he stated he would wish were made public.”
- Written Answers — Wales: Children: Poverty (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers and ministerial colleagues on steps to be taken to reduce levels of child poverty in Wales.”
- Written Answers — Leader of the House: Topical Debates (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Leader of the House how many applications have been received each week asking for subjects to be debated in topical debates since their inception; and what the 10 most popular subjects proposed for debate have been since procedures for such debates were instituted.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 364 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 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 29 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.
- 59 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Dai Davies speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 30 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,442 (170th) | £22,506 (265th) | £12,729 (529th) | |||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||||
| Office running costs | £9,081 (594th) | £13,738 (499th) | £7,106 (635th) | |||||
| Staffing costs | £89,456 (458th) | £79,059 (542nd) | £70,637 (591st) | |||||
| Communications Allowance | £353 (589th) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,098 (501st)3 | £2,698 (558th)2 | £2,198 (583rd)1 | |||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £165 (joint 302nd with 1 other) | £56 (405th) | £266 (joint 297th with 1 other) | |||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £313 (247th) | £219 (290th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £72 (88th) | £70 (joint 95th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,703 (joint 556th with 1 other) | £48 (639th) | £354 (joint 587th with 2 others) | |||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £408 (626th) | £755 (604th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £895 (616th) | £895 (568th) | ||||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||||
| Total | £127,683 (555th) | £119,697 (601st) | £94,940 (637th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £2,698 (313th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (404th). Rail £2,418 (321st).