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David Burrowes
Conservative MP for Enfield, Southgate
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Burrowes voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 more EU integration. 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, Children, Schools and Families
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Youth Custody, Prisons: Drugs, Young Offenders, Cord Blood, Victim Support Schemes
(based on written questions asked by David Burrowes and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Victim Support (31 Jan 2012)
“What steps his Department is taking to support victims of crime.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Victim Support (31 Jan 2012)
“Will the implementation of the Government’s welcome victims strategy ensure that convicted offenders take personal responsibility for their crimes and make reparations to victims? Will it also, once and for all, take out of circulation the dreadful term “victimless crime”?”
- [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair] — Care of the Dying (17 Jan 2012)
“I welcome the opportunity to talk about care of the dying. It is marked that so many hon. Members are attending the debate on a subject that so many people in our constituencies would rather not talk about. Last year, a ComRes poll found that 67% of people are scared of being told that they are dying. More significantly, 83% are scared of dying in pain. As a nation, we need to get better at...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — below 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 78.26% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 22 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") 194 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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).