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Danny Alexander
Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
- Chief Secretary, HM Treasury (since 29 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Danny Alexander voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. 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 very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Treasury, Health, Defence, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Pensions, Housing Benefit, Disability, Tax Credits, Benefits
(based on written questions asked by Danny Alexander and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Pensions Bill Committee (10 out of 20)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (5 out of 11)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: High Speed 2 Railway Line (18 Jun 2013)
“It is not possible to provide precise figures for the number of HM Treasury staff that are involved with the High Speed 2 project. This is because many officials who have an interest in HS2 typically have responsibilities which cover a number of areas, for example across transport, infrastructure, financing, project management, and fiscal considerations.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Income Tax: Scotland (18 Jun 2013)
“The Scottish block grant will continue to be determined through the operation of the Barnett formula, but with a new deduction in relation to the Scottish rate of income tax. The UK and Scottish Governments have agreed a method for determining the size of this deduction. This will be based on revenues generated by the Scottish rate of income tax during the transition period, and then indexed...”
- Written Answers — Treasury: NHS: Redundancy Pay (18 Jun 2013)
“The Treasury does not hold information on numbers of payments approved in the format requested. This could be provided only at disproportionate cost.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 48.56% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 444 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.
| 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 | £21,980 (201st) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £17,723 (453rd) | £16,425 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £22,878 (90th) | £20,971 (179th) | £34,965 (1st) | £28,057 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £89,951 (450th) | £81,712 (503rd) | £75,229 (555th) | £60,412 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £15,684 (22nd) | £11,798 (54th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £23,356 (10th)1 | £21,594 (13th)2 | £24,499 (5th)3 | £21,428 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,137 (67th) | £1,058 (96th) | £1,201 (102nd) | £1,964 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £7,316 (1st) | £3,669 (19th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £1,141 (16th) | £93 (joint 87th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,183 (247th) | £950 (243rd) | £505 (530th) | £1,048 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,548 (288th) | £2,101 (400th) | £2,478 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,002 (576th) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £187,625 (4th) | £168,478 (22nd) | £157,153 (34th) | £132,742 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,573 (216th). Rail £3,818 (245th). Air £14,335 (14th). Misc £1,630 (12th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,322 (269th). Rail £2,180 (342nd). Air £14,581 (12th). Misc £988 (33rd). Other: Rail £523 (43rd).
3 Car £5,407 (119th). 3rd party £5 (62nd). Rail £1,841 (348th). Air £16,516 (7th). European £730 (63rd).