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David Burrowes
Conservative MP for Enfield, Southgate

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How David Burrowes voted on key issues:

    • Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. 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 for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
    • Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted moderately against a smoking ban. 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 strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes

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    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

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Business of the House (9 Feb 2012)

    “Tomorrow is my constituent Gary McKinnon’s birthday, but he will not be celebrating, because this is the 10th year that he has faced extradition to the United States, which, given his mental state, is tantamount to facing execution. Will the Leader of the House ensure that we have a statement when the Home Secretary finally makes her decision?”

    [Katy Clark in the Chair] (7 Feb 2012)

    “I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) on securing this timely debate. It is similar to the debate that I secured in May 2007, just before the publication of the then Government’s alcohol harm reduction strategy. In 2007 I was pessimistic about the direction in which the situation with alcohol was headed, but in 2012 I am optimistic. In 2007 the strategy was...”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 49 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 78.51% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 20 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") 195 times in debates — 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 £1,014.64 on 11 November 2010. Hours: 18 hrs work between 4 August and 10 October 2010 and being ‘on call’ on 3 occasions. (Registered 15 December 2010)
    Received £643.55 on 14 December 2010. Hours: 12.5 hrs work between 5 November and 8 November 2010 and being ‘on call’ during this period. (Registered 15 December 2010)
    Received £172.96 for work as Consultant being ‘on call’ over weekend commencing 17 December 2010 and 2 hrs 5 mins advocacy and 30 mins travel on 19 December 2010. (Registered 26 January 2011)
    Received £182.72 on 18 July for being on police station call for the weekends commencing 17 June and 1 July. Hours:120 in total, plus 1.5 hrs advocacy as duty solicitor at Hatfield Magistrates on 18 June 2011. (Registered 21 July 2011)
    Received £200 for being on police station call for the weekends commencing 19 August and 2 September 2011. Hours: 108 hours in total. (Registered 24 November 2011)
    Received £200 for being on police station call for the weekends commencing 20 October and 11 November 2011. Hours: 120 hours in total. (Registered 19 December 2011)
    Received £55.15 for attending as duty solicitor at Hatfield Magistrates Court on 22 October 2011. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 December 2011)

    Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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)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).