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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.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

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): Prisons: Drugs, Cord Blood, Prisoners: Rehabilitation, Young Offenders, Envirowise

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners: Drugs (11 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2063W, on treatment programmes, what the disaggregated figures for (a) detoxification and (b) maintenance are for (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Young Reoffenders (10 Nov 2009)

“Does spending two thirds of the youth justice budget on putting young offenders in custody when two thirds of young offenders come out and commit another offence represent good value for money, or could local authorities with a devolved budget do better?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 96 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 16 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 128 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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: Rail £754 (465th). Other: Rail £105 (112th).

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