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David Burrowes
Conservative MP for Enfield, Southgate
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Burrowes voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, International Development
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Burma, Youth Custody, Prisons: Drugs, Young Offenders, Cord Blood
(based on written questions asked by David Burrowes and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Crime and Courts Bill Committee (10 out of 13)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (13 out of 13)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (16 out of 18)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“First, I want to thank the Clerks in the Public Bill Office for their patience, diligence and fairness in dealing with all the draft amendments that were submitted in the Bill Committee and the remaining stages. We are in an extraordinary situation for what is the Third Reading of a Bill that redefines marriage, and I never thought our Government would have done this. There was no clear...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments, and the other place is certainly looking in great detail at the way we have handled the Bill. I welcome, however, the fact that, after the 13 sittings of the Bill Committee and yesterday’s debates, the Government have finally recognised the concern that the impact of the Bill will go beyond the marriage ceremony. My constituents need an...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“I do indeed welcome their prayerful support and, indeed, the fact that there has been engagement from those who are on all sides of the argument. There has been much tolerance and respect in the debate from those on both sides of the House, but I must take this opportunity to say—I have informed the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) of my intention to do so—that there...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 45 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 78.87% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 21 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 249 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,360 | ||||
| Office running costs | £17,153 (347th) | £18,076 (345th) | £21,856 (190th) | £28,380 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £104,635 (58th) | £86,713 (359th) | £85,580 (275th) | £75,224 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £6,621 (419th) | £11,329 (65th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,061 (537th)1 | £859 (619th)2 | £2,250 (581st)3 | £1,086 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £6 (432nd) | £7 (438th) | £30 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £33 (joint 331st with 1 other) | £12 (360th) | 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 | £2,882 (394th) | £827 (joint 298th with 1 other) | £1,756 (122nd) | £1,084 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,660 (274th) | £3,825 (208th) | £2,852 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,180 (joint 358th with 4 others) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £2,246 (64th) | £2,493 (48th) | £572 (71st) | £0 | ||||
| Total | £139,547 (462nd) | £126,967 (560th) | £119,640 (558th) | £112,098 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £148 (567th). Rail £1,211 (431st). Other: Rail £496 (43rd). European £1,206 (40th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £754 (465th). Other: Rail £105 (112th).
3 Car £18 (586th). Rail £866 (432nd). European £1,366 (23rd).
