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David Anderson

Labour MP for Blaydon

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,335 votes. — 412th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How David Anderson voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, North East Regional Select Committee (since 4 Mar 2009)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (since 20 Jan 2009)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Treasury, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Industrial Diseases: Compensation, Probation: Northumbria, Education, Iraq, Railways: Hearing Impaired

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Compensation Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill: National Express East Coast Franchise (1 Jul 2009) has video

“May I suggest to the Minister that the only thing that has happened in the past two years is that costs have gone up and services have gone down? The only people to come out of this with any real respect are the staff, who have tried to hold the service together. Will he ensure that when he talks to people, he asks the staff and their unions what they want to see? They will say that they want...”

Public Bill Committee: Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill: Clause 1 (1 Jul 2009)

“The hon. Member for Cambridge spoke about people going for compensation and being told by the courts that depression was not an issue that they could rule on, so they could not get compensation. I have to tell the Committee that I am massively depressed by having to keep coming back to the issue—we have been listening to the debate for nearly two years. I am depressed when I think that...”

Public Bill Committee: Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill: Clause 1 (1 Jul 2009)

“I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I am slightly less depressed—I do not know what the alternative to being even more un-depressed is. I was pleased that my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian (Mr. Hamilton) was so interested in the debate that he came into the room when he was not even serving on the Committee—that is how supportive he is on the issue. But the truth...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 84 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 78% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above 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 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 85 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Anderson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 106 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,357 (358th). Rail £9,845 (53rd). Air £424 (124th).

^** Car £2,140 (405th). Rail £9,351 (42nd). Air £291 (188th).