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Dari Taylor
Former Labour MP for Stockton South
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 6,139 votes. — 413th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Dari Taylor voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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 their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Afghanistan (29 Mar 2010) has video
“Concern has been expressed about the impact of Taliban and al-Qaeda training camps in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan. Can my right hon. Friend say what assessment has been made of those camps, how effective they are, and to what extent the Americans now have a controlling impact on them, so that they cannot undermine the work being done by NATO and UK troops in Afghanistan?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (29 Mar 2010) has video
“Army, air and sea cadets deliver an excellent service within many of our communities in the UK. Is it not time that the House acknowledged this and that the team from the MOD initiated a debate so that we can all celebrate everything that they deliver to our communities?”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Teesside Cast Products (24 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what requests for assistance his Department has received from Corus in relation to Teesside Cast Products.”
More of Dari Taylor's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 48 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 165 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £18,781 (336th) | £21,170 (335th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £17,055 (430th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,051 (361st) | £15,992 (joint 182nd with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,730 (437th) | £16,995 (396th) | £18,137 (469th) | £16,292 | £17,997 (360th) | £18,026 (457th) | £17,848 (402nd) | £16,874 (272nd) |
| Staffing costs | £79,800 (572nd) | £74,166 (589th) | £89,577 (78th) | £83,988 | £68,975 (414th) | £63,864 (517th) | £61,474 (473rd) | £45,051 (361st) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,893 (247th) | £6,148 (407th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £17,185 (46th)1 | £18,249 (29th)2 | £16,873 (38th)3 | £15,529 | £19,238 (64th) | £18,211 (76th) | £17,655 (83rd) | £15,614 (59th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,145 (63rd) | £1,075 (92nd) | £1,864 (46th) | £2,144 | £3,361 (19th) | £1,830 (62nd) | £2,282 (35th) | £2,002 (36th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,678 (62nd) | £1,864 (69th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,288 (338th) | £3,028 (2nd) | £2,810 (50th) | £1,602 | £2,602 (69th) | £1,892 (82nd) | £2,834 (28th) | £2,379 (43rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,175 (216th) | £6,868 (86th) | £4,824 | £7,981 (65th) | £4,276 (joint 148th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,142 (joint 426th with 2 others) | £939 (501st) | £98 | £1,914 (joint 274th with 1 other) | £1,816 (434th) | £1,816 (415th) | £1,816 (374th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £10,094 (9th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £841 (69th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £146,499 (371st) | £157,106 (141st) | £159,178 (24th) | £146,111 | £139,123 (70th) | £131,089 (100th) | £122,960 (107th) | £99,728 (96th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,845 (202nd). Rail £13,340 (13th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,132 (95th). Rail £13,117 (8th).
3 Car £4,628 (179th). 3rd party £35 (45th). Rail £12,210 (10th).