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Damian Green

Conservative MP for Ashford

  • - Shadow Minister (Immigration), Home Affairs (since 27 Jul 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
  • Majority: 13,298 votes. — 172nd out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Damian Green voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted very 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: Home Department, Education and Skills, Transport, Health, Justice

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum/Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Controls, Asylum, English Language

(based on written questions asked by Damian Green and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Ports (Security) (8 Feb 2010)

“The Home Secretary always makes a lot, as he has just now, of the importance of embarkation controls on e-Borders when he talks about security at ports and airports. Will he confirm that the previous embarkation controls were dismantled by this Government? Yesterday, the Home Secretary said on the "Andrew Marr Show" that the previous Government "did away" with embarkation controls when, in...”

Written Answers — Home Department: Passports: Interviews (8 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many interviews at passport centres resulted in the refusal of a passport in 2009.”

Bill Presented: Anti-Slavery Day Bill (5 Feb 2010)

“It is, indeed, a pleasure to rise in support of the Bill proposed by my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen). I congratulate him not only on his powerful and compelling speech, but on his exemplary use of an all-party group to pursue an important campaign. I wish the Bill well. I found it unique and slightly surreal that the only objection to the Bill so far has come from one of its...”

More of Damian Green's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 300 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 58 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Damian Green speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 502 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

1. Remunerated directorships
South East Water (non-executive). Address: Rocfort Road, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5AH. Company provides drinking water to Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Surrey. Attend meeting and offer advice.
July 2009, received a payment of £2083.33. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 30 July 2009)
August 2009, received a payment of £2083.33. Hours: 14hrs. (Registered 1 September 2009)
September 2009, received payment of £2083.33. Hours: 14hrs. (Registered 1 October 2009)
October 2009, received payment of £2083.33. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
November 2009, received a payment of £2083.33. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 3 December 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Conservative Party
Address of donor : 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4DP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Payment to meet the cost of legal advice in connection with enquiries by the Metropolitan Police into leaks from the Home Office. (No charge pursued.) Donation 1: £87,538.50 - payment under an insurance policy; Donation 2: £52,541.60 - payment from general party funds. Total value, £140,080.10
Date of receipt of donation: Donation 1, 30 March 2009; Donation 2, 19 August 2009
Date of acceptance of donation: Donation 1, 30 March 2009; Donation 2, 19 August 2009
Donor status: my own political party
(Registered 11 November 2009)
6. Overseas visits
14-17 September 2008, to Armenia, as Vice-Chairman of the John Smith Memorial Trust. Travel and accommodation provided by the John Smith Memorial Trust. (Registered 24 September 2008)
6-8 May 2009, to Italy, to attend Transatlantic Council on Migration at Bellagio. Travel and accommodation paid by Transatlantic Council on Migration. (Registered 14 May 2009)
Name of donor: John Smith Memorial Trust
Address of donor: 3rd Floor, Tulip House, 70 Borough High Street, London SE1 1XF.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1563.50
Destination of visit: Azerbaijan
Date of visit: 14-17 September 2009
Purpose of visit: to promote the work of the John Smith Memorial Trust, encourage applications for the 2010 Fellowship Programme, and meet with Fellows.
(Registered 1 October 2009)

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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£22,724 (158th) £22,350 (joint 273rd with 1 other) £21,365 (317th) £19,463 £20,561 (270th) £19,953 (258th) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £15,736 (247th)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£17,931 (317th) £10,512 (582nd) £19,323 (413th) £19,151 £18,361 (331st) £18,669 (joint 358th with 2 others) £18,200 (joint 267th with 2 others) £13,784 (388th)
Staffing costs£88,586 (471st) £84,955 (415th) £83,781 (343rd) £80,844 £74,146 (182nd) £71,563 (146th) £66,446 (172nd) £45,993 (324th)
Communications Allowance£6,913 (410th) £7,536 (357th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£3,884 (509th)3 £5,533 (434th)2 £4,073 (515th)1 £3,387 £6,778 (471st) £6,432 (466th) £7,135 (450th) £4,412 (493rd)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £18 £17 (joint 462nd with 2 others) £0 £0 £0
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £0 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£1,014 (607th) £275 (598th) £409 (568th) £248 £242 (619th) £349 (580th) £275 (joint 620th with 1 other) £763 (422nd)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£694 (596th) £1,258 (545th) £644 £984 (576th) £287 (640th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,111 (joint 476th with 3 others) £1,005 (422nd) £101 £1,831 (joint 424th with 1 other) £1,831 (joint 417th with 1 other) £1,730 (464th) £1,730 (397th)
Other Costs£0 £7,980 (16th) £4,719 (26th) £8,002 £0 £0 £0 £2,979 (19th)
Total£141,052 (439th) £140,946 (405th) £135,933 (362nd) £131,858 £122,920 (333rd) £119,084 (335th) £113,508 (315th) £85,397 (395th)

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,446 (257th). Rail £311 (517th). Other: Rail £622 (31st). European £1,154 (44th).

3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,465 (232nd). Rail £419 (513th).

1 Car £3,446 (287th). Rail £627 (457th).