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David Cameron
Conservative MP for Witney
- Prime Minister (since 11 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Cameron voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- 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 university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Schools, Local Government: Bank Services, Advocacy Groups, Local Involvement Networks, Heroin
(based on written questions asked by David Cameron and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (2 out of 7)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (26 out of 32)
- Courts Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Prime Minister: Regulation (21 May 2013)
“There have been no regulations set by No 10 Downing Street since May 2010. This Government's ‘One-in One-out’ rule has stopped new regulations being added faster than removed. The rule has saved business around £1 billion in regulatory costs since 2011. We have now changed this to a ‘One-in, Two-out’ rule. For every new cost imposed on business by new regulations,...”
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Intelligence Services: Finance (20 May 2013)
“Estimates are voted on by Parliament each year. The information is available in the Vote Office.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 16.24% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 156 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 2217 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
In my capacity as Leader of the Conservative Party, I have accepted Honorary Membership for life of the Carlton Club.
Name of donor: Ellesborough Golf Club
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: honorary membership of Ellesborough Golf Club; value £1,221 p/a.
Date of receipt of donation: June 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 9 June 2011
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 15 February 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
Name of donor: Matt Roberts Ltd
Address of donor: 58-60 Berners St, London W1T 3JS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: discount of £150 per session on 50 sessions of personal training; total value £7,500. I have made a personal donation to a charity of my trainer’s choice.
Date of receipt of donation: 21 January 2013
Date of acceptance of donation: 21 January 2013
Donor status: company, registration no 3087417
(Registered 1 February 2013)
8. Land and Property
Residential property in London, from which rental income is received.
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £20,240 (272nd) | £19,626 (406th) | £20,563 (368th) | £21,359 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,328 (joint 169th with 5 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £8,942 (599th) | £7,588 (621st) | £16,363 (527th) | £19,719 | £18,619 (296th) | £17,752 (485th) | £17,482 (445th) | £17,204 (259th) |
| Staffing costs | £109,815 (17th) | £103,630 (5th) | £91,351 (49th) | £83,858 | £73,882 (198th) | £71,007 (165th) | £67,696 (149th) | £57,267 (35th) |
| Communications Allowance | £1,318 (567th) | £2,200 (552nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,005 (614th)1 | £1,086 (611th)2 | £970 (618th)3 | £2,666 | £5,387 (522nd) | £5,379 (507th) | £5,141 (joint 523rd with 1 other) | £4,657 (483rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £140 (joint 317th with 1 other) | £348 (256th) | £323 (266th) | £133 | £0 | £344 (313th) | £0 | £68 (424th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £418 (216th) | £652 (173rd) | 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 | £4,458 (218th) | £2,594 (5th) | £4,718 (16th) | £2,506 | £844 (joint 342nd with 1 other) | £641 (440th) | £620 (joint 512th with 1 other) | £1,286 (joint 230th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,399 (112th) | £8,057 (58th) | £5,166 | £1,913 (421st) | £2,471 (joint 331st with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,294 (joint 196th with 1 other) | £1,040 (362nd) | £322 | £1,907 (joint 286th with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 282nd with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 279th with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 262nd with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £5,844 (31st) | £5,412 (25th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £152,179 (302nd) | £148,829 (289th) | £143,385 (204th) | £135,729 | £123,454 (319th) | £119,829 (321st) | £112,568 (338th) | £100,398 (90th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,005 (493rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £997 (521st). Rail £89 (558th).