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Danny Alexander
Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
- Chair of the Manifesto Group (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 4,148 votes. — 481st out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Danny Alexander voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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 this parliament.
Committees and 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 n/a)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disability Living Allowance: Inverness (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency have continued to claim (a) the mobility component and (b) the care component of the disability living allowance after their 65th birthday in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: National Identity Register: Scotland (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many record checks have been made against the National Identity Register by (a) the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency and (b) other Scottish agencies since the introduction of the scheme.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Digital Broadcasting: Scotland (5 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 777W, on digital broadcasting: Scotland, how many meetings with small local radio stations in Scotland have been held to date; and with which stations meetings have been held.”
More of Danny Alexander's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 77 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 66% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 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") 185 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 6 Jan 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,980 (joint 200th with 1 other) | £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 (449th) | £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)3 | £21,594 (13th)2 | £24,499 (5th)1 | £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 |
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 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,573 (216th). Rail £3,818 (245th). Air £14,335 (14th). Misc £1,630 (12th).
1 Car £5,407 (119th). 3rd party £5 (62nd). Rail £1,841 (348th). Air £16,516 (7th). European £730 (63rd).