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Dari Taylor

Labour MP for Stockton South


  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
  • Majority: 6,139 votes. — 412th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Dari Taylor voted on key issues since 2001:

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Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Chairman, North East Regional Select Committee (since 17 Mar 2009)
  • 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, Home Department

  • 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)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Israel (30 Jun 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Israeli Government on the middle east peace process.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Building Britain's Future (29 Jun 2009) has video

“I was delighted to hear my right hon. Friend announce that a new green energy Bill will be introduced in Parliament. I say that because Teesside is a national leader, and has the potential to become a global leader, in the production of green energy. How, therefore, will this Bill help Ensus, Sembcorp and other companies that are already producing green energy?”

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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 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 76% of votes in 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.
  • 76 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Dari Taylor speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 152 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

6. Overseas visits
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)
24-31 May 2009, to Vietnam as member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam, to further co-operation with our counterpart parliamentary group. The cost of external and internal flights and accommodation was paid by the Group's registered sponsors, Premier Oil and the University of Central Lancashire. The National Assembly of Vietnam paid for ground travel costs and some hospitality. (Registered 9 June 2009)

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (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£21,170 (335th) £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 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£16,995 (396th) £18,137 (469th) £16,292 £17,997 (360th) £18,026 (457th) £17,848 (402nd) £16,874 (272nd)
Staffing Allowance£74,166 (589th) £89,577 (78th) £83,988 £68,975 (414th) £63,864 (517th) £61,474 (473rd) £45,051 (361st)
Communications Allowance£6,148 (407th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£18,249 (29th)* £16,873 (38th)** £15,529 £19,238 (64th) £18,211 (76th) £17,655 (83rd) £15,614 (59th)
Members' Staff Travel£1,075 (92nd) £1,864 (46th) £2,144 £3,361 (19th) £1,830 (62nd) £2,282 (35th) £2,002 (36th)
Members' Spouse Travel£1,864 (69th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£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) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,142 (joint 426th) £939 (501st) £98 £1,914 (joint 274th) £1,816 (434th) £1,816 (415th) £1,816 (374th)
Other Costs£10,094 (9th) £0 £0 £0 £841 (69th) £0 £0
Total£157,106 (141st) £159,178 (24th) £146,111 £139,123 (70th) £131,089 (100th) £122,960 (107th) £99,728 (96th)

* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,132 (95th). Rail £13,117 (8th).

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