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

    Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Home Department, Defence

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan: Reconstruction, Departmental Postal Services, Shropshire, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Electoral Reform Services

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

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Home Department: Yvonne Fletcher (9 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent reports she has received from the Metropolitan Police on the investigation into the death of WPC Yvonne Fletcher”

    Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Overseas Trade: Saudi Arabia (31 Jan 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value was of Anglo-Saudi trade in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2008.”

    Written Answers — Treasury: Universal Credit: Self-employed (23 Jan 2012)

    “To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to introduce minimum pay for self-employed workers when calculating tax credits in respect of the Government's plans for universal credit.”

    More of Daniel Kawczynski's recent appearances

    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 42 written questions in the last year — 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 80.48% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 26 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.
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    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 260 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Business consultant to CGI Consulting; an engineering consultancy company. Address: Windmill Industrial Estate, Birmingham Road, Coventry CV5 9QE. I will be paid £1,500 per month gross and work on average 2 hours a week. I terminated my employment in June 2011.
    Received payment of £1,500 in January 2011. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 1 February 2011)
    Received payment of £1,500 on 1 February 2011. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 10 March 2011)
    Received payment of £1,500 on 1 March 2011. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 10 March 2011)
    Received payment of £1,500 on 1 April 2011. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 26 May 2011)
    Received payment of £1,500 on 1 May 2011. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 26 May 2011)
    Business consultant to Tigris Financial (UK) LLP; a mining company. Address: 35 Dover Street, London W1S 4NQ.
    Received payment of £3,000 on 1 June 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 11 July 2011)
    Received payment of £3,000 for July and August 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 22 August 2011)
    Received payment of £6,000 for September and October 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 18 October 2011)
    Received payment of £3,000 for November 2011. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 18 November 2011)
    Received payment of £3,000 for December 2011. Hours: 8hrs. (Registered 13 December 2011)
    Received payment of £3,000 for January 2012. Hours: 10hrs. (Registered 18 January 2012)
    Payment of £2,000 October 2011 for Chelgate, a public relations consultancy. No clients involved.  Address:  One Tanner Street, London SE1 3LE. Hours: 5 hrs.  (Registered 28 November 2011; updated 13 December 2011)
    5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
    Name of donor: Midstream Energy,
    Address of donor : Wessex House, 1 Chesham Street, London SW1X 8ND
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: ticket to the Ormeley dinner in aid of The Aspinall Foundation, The Ecology Trust and Fauna & Flora International; value £3,000
    Date of receipt of donation: 21 March 2011
    Date of acceptance of donation: 24 March 2011
    Donor status: company
    (Registered 29 March 2011)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: Government of Tunisia
    Address of donor: Tunisian Embassy, 29 Prince’s Gate, London SW7 1QG
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,907 for flights to Tunisia and accommodation for three nights in the capital.
    Destination of visit: Tunis
    Date of visit: 4-7 January 2011
    Purpose of visit: travel to Tunis at invitation of the Ambassador of Tunisia to the Court of St James for meetings with Government ministers and officials
    (Registered 4 February 2011)
    Name of donor: Presence Switzerland
    Address of donor: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Bundesgasse 32, CH-3003, Bern, Switzerland
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2,263
    Destination of visit: Vaduz, Zurich, Chur, Lugano and Bern, Switzerland
    Date of visit: 26 May-1 June 2011
    Purpose of visit: All-Party British-Swiss and British-Liechtenstein Parliamentary Groups’ visit to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. A political visit to the financial, political and business institutions of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
    (Registered 5 July 2011)
    Name of donor: Industrie de Peche & Representation (IPR), Mauritania
    Address of donor: Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,220
    Destination of visit: Nouakchott, Mauritania
    Date of visit: 19-23 June 2011
    Purpose of visit: meeting the President and Ministers of Mauritania to renew and strengthen diplomatic and economic ties. Also met with British Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials from Casablanca who were establishing a presence in the country via a political office in the EU Headquarters in Noukachott. (Registered 23 August 2011)
    Name of donor: State of Jersey
    Address of donor: Cyril Le Marquand House, PO Box 140, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8QT
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £792.50
    Destination of visit: Jersey
    Date of visit: 16-17 August 2011
    Purpose of visit: At the invitation of the First Minister, to meet officials to hear about the current political and economic situation faced with mainland Britain.
    (Registered 8 September 2011)
    Name of donor:  Majlis As Shura - Shura Council of Kingdom Saudi Arabia
    Address of donor: c/o Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 30 Charles St, London W1J 5DZ
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,025
    Destination of visit: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Date of visit: 4-8 December 2011
    Purpose of visit: All Party Parliamentary Group visit to Riyadh at the invitation of the Shura Council to meet with Members of the Shura Council, Government Ministers and various human rights groups to further understanding of the Kingdom and its latest developments as well as to strengthen political ties with the country.
    (Registered 29 December 2011)
    9. Shareholdings
    (a)Anglo-Global Investments Ltd. (Registered 28 July 2011)

    Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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    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).