• Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
• Leader's Chief of Staff, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities (since 6 Mar 2008)
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 4,148 votes. — 474th out of 632 MPs.
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How Danny Alexander voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted 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
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Treasury, Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Pensions, Housing Benefit, Disability, Benefits, Tax Credits

(based on written questions asked by Danny Alexander and answered by departments)

Local Housing Allowance (Highlands) (16 Jul 2008)

“The Minister makes the point that shortfalls occurred under the old system, too, and he is right about that. What assessment has he made of the numbers of people—I am particularly interested in the Highland council area, but perhaps he has considered a wider area—who will make gains on the basis of the shopping around benefit, which was another of the Government's selling points...”

Local Housing Allowance (Highlands) (16 Jul 2008)

“I am grateful to Mr. Speaker for this short debate, and I am pleased to see the Minister in his place. In my past role of shadowing his Department I had the privilege on a number of occasions of debating a number of issues with him, including local housing allowance. I look forward to discussing the matter in the spirit of combative co-operation that characterised past debates. I shall say a...”

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Fuel Poverty (16 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent tackling fuel poverty among heating oil users in each of the last 10 years; and how much it plans to spend in the next 12 months.”

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• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 621 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 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 comments 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") 166 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £5,407 (119th). 3rd party £5 (62nd). Rail £1,841 (348th). Air £16,516 (7th). European £730 (63rd).