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Daniel Kawczynski
Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Daniel Kawczynski voted on key issues:

    • Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
    • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Home Department, Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): UK Trade and Investment, Afghanistan: Reconstruction, Libya, Departmental Postal Services, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

    (based on written questions asked by Daniel Kawczynski and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Libya (20 May 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the security situation in Libya; and whether such reports affect the right of Libya to hold the trials of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi within its national borders alongside the trials of other members of the former Gaddafi regime.”

    Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Libya (20 May 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made in respect of technical assistance to Libya in pursuing its right to hold the trials of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi within its national borders alongside the trials of other members of the former Gaddafi regime.”

    Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Libya (20 May 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether it is his policy to support the Libyan state in its right under the principle of complementarity to hold national trials in the cases of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi alongside the trials of other members of the former Gaddafi regime.”

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    • Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 123 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 81.57% of votes in this 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
    • 136 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Daniel Kawczynski’s activity.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 284 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Business consultant to Tigris Financial (UK) LLP; a mining company,. Address: 35 Dover Street, London W1S 4NQ.
    Received payment of £3,000 for March 2012. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 24 May 2012)
    Received payment of £3,000 for April 2012. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 24 May 2012)
    Received payment of £3,000 for May 2012. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 24 May 2012)
    Arrangement terminated June 2012. (Updated 19 June 2012)
    Payment of £1,000 from Shamraeff for consultancy. No clients involved. Address: 35 Broomleaf Road,  Farnham,  GU9 8DG. Arrangement terminated 3 June 2012. (Registered 5 March 2012)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: The Electrum Group (UK) LLP
    Address of donor: 35 Dover St, London WCS 4NQ
    Amount of donation (or estimate of probable value): £3,042.59, including £2,823.10 for flights and £219.49 for hotel costs
    Destination of visit: Nouakchott, Mauritania
    Date of visit: 7 – 10 October 2012
    Purpose of visit: to attend mining conference in Nouakchott.
    (Registered 5 November 2012)
    Address of donor: c/o Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, 30 Princes Gate, London SW7 1PT
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation with a value of £3,500
    Destination of visit: Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE
    Date of visit: 23-28 November 2012
    Purpose of visit: To meet with Government ministers, Members of the Federal National council, UK diplomats and armed forces personnel and senior UK and Emirati business figures with the aim of strengthening and promoting relations with the UAE. (Registered 13 December 2012)
    9. Shareholdings
    Director and shareholder of SAH (Solutions) Ltd, business consultancy. (Registered 11 December 2012)
    11. Miscellaneous
    On 27 June 2012 I held a launch reception for the British Middle East North Africa Council, of which I am Co-Chair. The costs of the reception; value £2,077.10, were met by the Corinthia Hotel London, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2BD (Registered 23 July 2012)

    Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    Staying away from main home£14,557 (439th) £21,890 (295th) £22,060 (joint 237th with 2 others) £20,060        
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Office running costs£19,055 (268th) £20,722 (200th) £20,949 (238th) £26,700        
    Staffing costs£100,718 (137th) £88,093 (310th) £84,476 (joint 314th with 1 other) £68,929        
    Communications Allowance£8,501 (341st) £13,444 (34th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£10,748 (174th)1 £10,111 (218th)2 £9,501 (242nd)3 £10,013        
    Members' Staff Travel£108 (joint 334th with 1 other) £382 (243rd) £117 (369th) £267        
    Members' Spouse Travel£535 (191st) £68 (338th) 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£838 (623rd) £255 (605th) £563 (502nd) £192        
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£780 (591st) £949 (591st) £150 N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £992 (581st) £1,078 (294th) £930        
    Other Costs£10,209 (15th) £0 £0 £0        
    Total£165,269 (125th) £156,737 (152nd) £139,693 (289th) £127,241        

    1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,660 (115th). Rail £5,032 (185th). Misc £318 (107th). Other: Rail £47 (134th). European £691 (76th).

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,447 (256th). Rail £4,066 (232nd). Misc £504 (68th). Other: Rail £87 (127th). European £2,007 (13th).

    3 Car £4,831 (159th). Rail £4,304 (212th). European £366 (99th).