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David Chaytor

Labour MP for Bury North

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 2,926 votes. — 528th 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 Chaytor voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Education and Skills, Trade and Industry, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Energy Efficiency, Specialist Schools, Cameroon, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, School Statistics

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Higher Education Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (29 Oct 2009) has video

“To revert to the European Union, is not the deeper issue not only the relative merits of individual candidates but the fact that so many hon. Members still oppose the Lisbon treaty, and that a considerable minority of hon. Members oppose Britain's membership of the EU? Is that not the most powerful argument for a full debate about our future relationship with the EU, and whether it should be...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Light Pollution (29 Oct 2009)

“One of the difficulties is the close relationship between quality of street lighting and levels of crime, which the Conservative council in Bury recently discovered to its cost when it planned to switch off the street lights in the middle of the night. When my hon. Friend speaks to his colleagues in the Department for Children, Schools and Families, will he ask them to look at the experiment...”

Business of the House (22 Oct 2009) has video

“The dispute in Royal Mail is damaging to the industry, families, communities and businesses and to the Government's reputation. I cannot think of a single more topical subject for a topical debate than the future of Royal Mail, so will my right hon. and learned Friend find time for one in next week's business?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 23 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 69% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 61 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Chaytor speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 301 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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: Mileage £3,330 (268th). Rail £6,006 (151st). Air £375 (127th). Misc £925 (37th). Other: European £501 (106th).

^** Car £4,152 (222nd). Rail £2,121 (322nd). Air £183 (211th).