• Conservative MP for Southend West
• Majority: 8,959 votes. — 236th out of 635 MPs.
• Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
• Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
• Email me whenever David Amess speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members' Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edm.ais.co.uk)

How David Amess voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for 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 moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Transport, Treasury, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Abortion, Police, Departmental Publications, Private Members' Bills, Correspondence

(based on written questions asked by David Amess and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Childbirth (8 May 2008)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many births there were in each year since 1978.”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: China: Family Planning (8 May 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials have had with the government of China since 2006 about the Population and Birth-planning Law 2002; and if he will make a statement.”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: China: Family Planning (8 May 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials have had with the government of China since 2006 about the implementation in Tibet of the Population and Birth-planning Law 2002; and if he will make a statement.”

More of David Amess's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 545 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 67 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Amess speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 205 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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

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

^* Car £4,019 (237th). Rail £483 (480th).