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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.

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How David Chaytor voted on key issues since 2001:

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    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)

    RSS feed 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

    8. Land and Property
    Shared ownership of a flat in London.
    Shared ownership of a house in Todmorden.
    Shared ownership of a house in Bury, Lancashire.

    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.

    Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
    Additional Costs Allowance£21,584 (312th) £22,075 (joint 228th) £21,332 £20,902 (joint 1st) £20,333 (joint 3rd) £19,722 (joint 1st) £10,831 (548th)
    London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Incidental Expenses Provision£21,754 (116th) £23,635 (135th) £28,320 £19,325 (joint 11th) £18,799 (joint 13th) £18,223 (joint 226th) £24,405 (77th)
    Staffing Allowance£90,089 (226th) £83,364 (358th) £75,761 £74,214 (joint 160th) £71,773 (joint 85th) £63,020 (378th) £35,162 (591st)
    Communications Allowance£8,966 (282nd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£11,137 (180th)* £6,456 (370th)** £8,619 £9,122 (369th) £9,853 (329th) £10,623 (298th) £9,236 (260th)
    Members' Staff Travel£517 (joint 202nd) £2,200 (34th) £2,667 £2,358 (51st) £937 (171st) £0 £766 (167th)
    Members' Spouse Travel£481 (217th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Purchased Stationery£353 (joint 559th) £654 (joint 440th) £2,567 £1,577 (161st) £1,256 (166th) £1,499 (162nd) £1,591 (141st)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£279 (634th) £1,371 (526th) £5,873 £2,429 (342nd) £3,136 (249th) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,049 (541st) £793 (joint 601st) £793 £1,966 (joint 147th) £1,966 (joint 141st) £1,966 (joint 139th) £1,966 (joint 133rd)
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Total£156,209 (167th) £140,548 (272nd) £145,932 £131,893 (155th) £128,053 (151st) £115,053 (281st) £83,957 (433rd)

    * 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).