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David Burrowes

Conservative MP for Enfield, Southgate

  • Shadow Minister, Justice (since 6 Jul 2007)
  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
  • Majority: 1,747 votes. — 570th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How David Burrowes voted on key issues since 2001:

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

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

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Public Administration Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Justice, Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Children, Schools and Families

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Youth Custody, Prisons: Drugs, Cord Blood, Prisoners: Rehabilitation, Victim Support Schemes

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Justice: Youth Justice Board and Legal Services Commission: Sick Leave (5 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of working days lost per employee at (a) the Legal Services Commission and (b) the Youth Justice Board in the latest period for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce levels of staff absence at each body.”

Written Answers — Justice: Victim Support Schemes (4 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding his Department has allocated to the National Victims Service in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Desecration of War Memorials (3 Feb 2010) has video

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the law to make provision about damage to war memorials; and for connected purposes. Every Remembrance Sunday, war memorials up and down the country become the focal point for our national ceremony of remembrance. From the plainest monuments to the grand Cenotaph in Whitehall, people gather to remember the glorious dead. For the...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 97 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 64% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
  • 120 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Burrowes speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 138 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Consultant to Shepherd Harris and Co as a solicitor specialising in criminal law. Address: 96 Silver Street, Enfield, Middlesex.
Received £220.16 for advocacy at Enfield and Highgate Magistrates' Courts on 28 September 2009 and 15 October 2009. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 9 November 2009)

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
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)3 £859 (619th)2 £2,250 (581st)1 £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        

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £754 (465th). Other: Rail £105 (112th).

3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £148 (567th). Rail £1,211 (431st). Other: Rail £496 (43rd). European £1,206 (40th).

1 Car £18 (586th). Rail £866 (432nd). European £1,366 (23rd).