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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Dari Taylor voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted a mixture of for and against stopping climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Education and Skills, Treasury, Children, Schools and Families, Health, Work and Pensions

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Schools (Stockton, South), Foster Care, Adoption, Solvent Abuse, Higher Education

(based on written questions asked by Dari Taylor and answered by departments)

RSS feed Most recent appearances in parliament

Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions (13 Nov 2008)

“I would appreciate it if one of the energy and climate change team would state clearly and boldly that biofuels are essential if we are to achieve our emissions targets. Will one of them visit the biofuels companies and farmers in the north-east? I should greatly appreciate that, as sustainable and innovative food and fuel projects are being developed that are receiving millions of pounds in...”

Business of the House: Regional Accountability (12 Nov 2008)

“Speaking as Member of Parliament for a constituency in the north-east, does my right hon. and learned Friend accept that big organisations often set priorities that my constituents neither have any involvement in nor feel that they are a part of, and they believe that through a Select Committee—through me—they have a chance of being heard?”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 39 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 77% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 5 comments 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.
  • 67 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Dari Taylor speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 115 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

6. Overseas visits
2-8 September 2007, to Israel and Palestine with Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). Travel and hospitality paid for by LFI. Accommodation paid for by LFI at a rate discounted through the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some hospitality provided by the Palestinian Legislative Council/Palestinian Authority. Travel within Israel/Palestine provided by LFI. Some travel within Israel provided by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Registered 9 June 2008)
26-28 August 2008, to Stavanger, Norway, to visit Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference and exhibition on joint visit by the British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry All-Party Parliamentary Group at Westminster and the Oil and Gas Cross Party Group at Holyrood. Overseas flights, hotel accommodation, local transport and hospitality sponsored by Oil & Gas UK, Shell, Chevron, Statoil Hydro, Wood Group, Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil, the Norwegian Embassy and OLF. (Registered 1 September 2008)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

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

Type2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£22,110 (joint 1st)£21,634£17,055 (430th)£20,333 (joint 3rd)£19,051 (361st)£15,992 (joint 182nd)
London Supplement£0£0£0£0£0£0
Incidental Expenses Provision£18,137 (469th)£16,292£17,997 (360th)£18,026 (457th)£17,848 (402nd)£16,874 (272nd)
Staffing Allowance£89,577 (78th)£83,988£68,975 (414th)£63,864 (517th)£61,474 (473rd)£45,051 (361st)
Members' Travel£16,873 (38th)*£15,529£19,238 (64th)£18,211 (76th)£17,655 (83rd)£15,614 (59th)
Members' Staff Travel£1,864 (46th)£2,144£3,361 (19th)£1,830 (62nd)£2,282 (35th)£2,002 (36th)
Centrally Purchased Stationery£2,810 (50th)£1,602£2,602 (69th)£1,892 (82nd)£2,834 (28th)£2,379 (43rd)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£6,868 (86th)£4,824£7,981 (65th)£4,276 (joint 148th)N/AN/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£939 (501st)£98£1,914 (joint 274th)£1,816 (434th)£1,816 (415th)£1,816 (374th)
Other Costs£0£0£0£841 (69th)£0£0
Total£159,178 (24th)£146,111£139,123 (70th)£131,089 (100th)£122,960 (107th)£99,728 (96th)

* Car £4,628 (179th). 3rd party £35 (45th). Rail £12,210 (10th).