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Danny Alexander
Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

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

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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

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — Treasury: Public Appointments (22 May 2012)

“I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 24 April 2012, Official Report, column 840W.”

Written Answers — Treasury: Crown Estate (21 May 2012)

“holding answer 17 May 2012 The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) is an unfunded scheme. This means that pension contributions are paid by employers and employees but these are not used to build up a fund in order to provide the means to meet the liability when it falls due, but rather used to pay current pensions. The assets of The Crown Estate pension scheme are held separately...”

Written Answers — Treasury: Infrastructure UK (21 May 2012)

“holding answer 17 May 2012 The total number of staff employed in Infrastructure UK on 31 April 2012 was 45 full time equivalent, including 6.8 loans and secondees. The salary data of officials working in the Treasury, within IUK, has been published as part of the transparency exercise in September 2011. Links to the data are as follows. Senior Civil Service Positions...”

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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 50.27% 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

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Pinewood Studios
Address of donor: Pinewood road, Iver Heath, Bucks SL20 0NH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two BAFTA tickets at £750 each
Date of receipt of donation: 12 February 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 12 February 2012
Donor status: company, registration number 3889552
(Registered 2 March 2012)

Register last updated: 30 Apr 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£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).

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Other offices held in the past

  • Secretary of State, Scotland (12 May 2010 to 29 May 2010)
  • Chair of the Manifesto Group (8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
  • Leader's Chief of Staff, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities (6 Mar 2008 to 8 Jan 2009)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Work & Pensions (4 Jul 2007 to 21 Jul 2008)
  • Social Exclusion, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities (23 Jan 2007 to 6 Jul 2007)
  • Shadow Minister (Social Exclusion), Cabinet Office (23 Jan 2007 to 5 Jul 2007)
  • Disability Issues, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities (21 Mar 2006 to 6 Jul 2007)
  • Shadow Minister and Disability Spokesperson, Work & Pensions (30 Jan 2006 to 4 Jul 2007)
  • Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 29 Jan 2008)
  • Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions (1 Jun 2005 to 30 Jan 2006)

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