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David Anderson
Labour MP for Blaydon
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Anderson voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Justice, Education, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Manpower, Departmental Billing, Trade Unions, Industrial Diseases: Compensation, Departmental Redundancy Pay
(based on written questions asked by David Anderson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 17)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Compensation Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“Will my hon. Friend give way?”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“Follow that! Eleven hundred days into the fruitcake Parliament, we have the mid-term report. How did we get here? Everybody knows that the cost of living is going through the roof, while the standard of living is going backwards. The Government obviously have a narrative; they say it is all the Labour party’s fault. I agree with them to some extent. I agree that my party, when in power,...”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“The hon. Gentleman is making a very detailed speech. I agree that those are good concessions for his part of the world, but is there any reason why they could not apply in the rest of the country, because people in the north of England have similar circumstances to those in the north of Ireland?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 93 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61.98% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 26 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 218 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Address of donor: Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £4,300
Destination of visit: Kurdistan
Date of visit: 12-17 March 2013
Purpose of visit: as part of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Kurdish Genocide
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,891 (151st) | £21,652 (306th) | £20,928 (353rd) | £21,614 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £12,834 (513th) | £15,305 (458th) | £25,668 (82nd) | £26,129 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £93,533 (374th) | £90,494 (194th) | £84,318 (323rd) | £73,730 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £9,668 (264th) | £6,737 (385th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,199 (105th)1 | £12,626 (128th)2 | £11,782 (144th)3 | £10,540 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £277 (joint 251st with 1 other) | £1,064 (94th) | £319 (joint 267th with 1 other) | £803 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £589 (joint 185th with 1 other) | £218 (291st) | 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 | £4,346 (225th) | £78 (634th) | £2,956 (43rd) | £2,219 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £0 | £4,368 (172nd) | £9,460 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,168 (joint 381st with 2 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,195 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £7,752 (17th) | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £157,339 (231st) | £157,094 (142nd) | £151,353 (74th) | £145,690 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,490 (319th). Rail £9,769 (49th). Air £796 (106th). Misc £144 (147th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,357 (358th). Rail £9,845 (53rd). Air £424 (124th).