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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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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Danny Alexander voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. 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 for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. 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
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“This has been a good debate, with many contributions from all parts of the House. I would particularly single out the contributions of my hon. Friends the Members for Solihull (Lorely Burt) and for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith), and of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr Field), who I see in his place. Towards the end of the debate, the hon. Member for Wansbeck (Ian Lavery) said how...”
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“Not only has a scheme from the port of Blyth been put forward, but the inclusion of several areas of land around the port in the enterprise zone was referred to at the time of the autumn statement. I gather that a discussion is going on within the north-east local enterprise partnership about the sites on which it would like to see the enhanced capital allowances deployed. I think the hon....”
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“The hon. Lady has made an important point about the use of European regional development funding, which we have been considering in connection with the regional growth fund. I am afraid that I cannot give her an update on funds for the north-east, but I will ensure that the Minister responsible for such matters writes to her with one.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 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 50.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 380 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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).