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Dan Norris
Former Labour MP for Wansdyke
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 1,839 votes. — 578th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Dan Norris voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Information Officers (8 Apr 2010)
“The total cost of employing staff in the DEFRA press office for the period of 1 April 2009 to 28 February 2010 was £906,316.80. Figures for March 2010 are not yet available. DEFRA was established in 2001. There are therefore no figures available for press office costs in 1996-97.”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Internet (8 Apr 2010)
“There have been no complaints about the DEFRA website in the last three years through DEFRA's formal complaints process or via ministerial correspondence. We do not keep statistics of the ad hoc website feedback received by e-mail through the "Contact Us" option on the site. Where negative comments are received they are generally about the content rather than the operation of the website. In...”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Internet (8 Apr 2010)
“Expenditure on external website design consultants in the last three years is shown in the following table. Design consultancy costs (£) 2007-08 0 2008-09 59,447 2009-10 56,979 Full external costs for the DEFRA website for this period were provided in the answer given on 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 871W to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps).”
More of Dan Norris's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — below 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 80.36% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
- 45 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 38 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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 (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 | £14,642 (437th) | £21,078 (340th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,613 | £20,889 (212th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,614 (110th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £319 (joint 122nd with 6 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £18,385 (294th) | £18,789 (303rd) | £20,435 (300th) | £20,200 | £19,302 (joint 138th with 2 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £35,775 (10th) |
| Staffing costs | £93,748 (368th) | £88,243 (304th) | £87,276 (joint 156th with 7 others) | £83,844 | £70,336 (joint 324th with 20 others) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £28,503 (634th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,393 (428th) | £9,201 (265th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,626 (353rd)1 | £8,537 (274th)2 | £8,534 (286th)3 | £10,790 | £20,546 (48th) | £24,262 (26th) | £23,375 (27th) | £16,220 (50th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,144 (joint 64th with 1 other) | £1,248 (71st) | £1,248 (96th) | £1,248 | £2,250 (57th) | £875 (179th) | £1,654 (76th) | £1,257 (joint 101st with 1 other) |
| 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 | £6,992 (21st) | £4,373 (1st) | £4,271 (21st) | £767 | £2,549 (70th) | £1,249 (joint 169th with 1 other) | £843 (411th) | £308 (611th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,625 (279th) | £16,287 (12th) | £3,076 | £10,060 (44th) | £4,930 (121st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,316 (joint 163rd with 2 others) | £1,190 (127th) | £0 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £4,914 (41st) | £0 | £11,382 (7th) | £12,909 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,465 (37th) |
| Total | £152,844 (292nd) | £155,410 (181st) | £172,733 (4th) | £154,447 | £147,953 (30th) | £140,811 (30th) | £132,972 (19th) | £103,293 (53rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,698 (50th). Rail £928 (467th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,382 (80th). Rail £3,144 (282nd). Misc £11 (249th).