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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
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Anderson voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. 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 very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. 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 a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- 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)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Ex-service Personnel (21 May 2013)
“What support he provides for ex-service personnel in the criminal justice system.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Ex-service Personnel (21 May 2013)
“Since 2008, 300 veterans have gone through the veterans treatment court system in Buffalo, New York state. Not one has reoffended. That has been so successful that 103 similar courts have been set up across the USA. Will the Minister agree to meet me and others who support this process to see whether there are lessons that we can learn from the USA and adapt for this country?”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Winter Fuel Payments (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the net savings to his Department in the event that the winter fuel allowance was to be withdrawn from those pensioners currently eligible to pay income tax at the (a) higher rate of 40 per cent and (b) additional rate of 45 per cent.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 89 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 62.15% 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
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 – 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).