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David Curry
Conservative MP for Skipton & Ripon
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 11,620 votes. — 225th 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 Curry 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 very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (since 4 Nov 2009)
- Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Communities and Local Government, Home Department, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental NDPBs, Press/Public Relations Officers, Regional Assemblies, Bees, Sudden Oak Death
(based on written questions asked by David Curry and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Planning Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Local Government Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Homes Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Redundancy (4 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the number of people likely to accept a voluntary redundancy package as part of HM Revenue and Customs' redundancy programme; and what estimate he has made of the likely average cost per individual entitlement.”
- Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): Schedule 7 — Repeals (13 Oct 2009) has video
“The Bill faces in absolutely the wrong direction. The core of the Bill is to give more powers to the regional development agencies, which are unaccountable bodies. It sets up leaders panels, heavily chaperoned by the Secretary of State, as was said in Committee, to manage the consultation process. The situation should be exactly the other way round—those powers should go to local...”
- Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video
“The proposal from the hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) does not require any single council to return to a committee system. It merely gives councils a choice. If the Minister is right and the trend is in the opposite direction, what harm would be done by the hon. Gentleman's measure? He would be proved wrong and the Minister would be proved right. This is not about prescription;...”
More of David Curry's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 50% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
- 88 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Curry speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 818 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | £12,071 (478th) | £9,439 (562nd) | £9,059 (567th) | £9,580 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £10,192 (560th) | £18,883 (373rd) | £16,856 (97th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,151 (262nd) | £18,172 (339th) | £7,972 (631st) | £10,008 | £10,411 (598th) | £16,441 (545th) | £6,339 (650th) | £16,404 (287th) |
| Staffing costs | £97,872 (240th) | £90,382 (204th) | £90,037 (72nd) | £85,528 | £81,439 (33rd) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £59,196 (540th) | £36,728 (572nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £154 (597th) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,063 (244th)3 | £9,956 (224th)2 | £8,625 (281st)1 | £7,568 | £14,545 (155th) | £12,132 (240th) | £10,390 (310th) | £9,438 (247th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £127 | £0 | £94 (428th) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £36 (329th) | £32 (349th) | 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 | £1,644 (564th) | £591 (joint 434th with 3 others) | £163 (635th) | £665 | £339 (577th) | £486 (519th) | £441 (584th) | £674 (471st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,237 (339th) | £940 (592nd) | £1,420 | £2,172 (377th) | £858 (joint 586th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,090 (joint 500th with 2 others) | £956 (joint 480th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,725 (joint 503rd with 1 other) | £1,725 (joint 494th with 1 other) | £1,725 (joint 467th with 1 other) | £1,725 (398th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £139,990 (454th) | £131,899 (510th) | £117,752 (571st) | £114,896 | £131,533 (160th) | £113,701 (450th) | £96,974 (571st) | £81,825 (460th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,090 (20th). Rail £2,834 (302nd). Misc £21 (229th). Other: Rail £11 (195th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,026 (42nd). Rail £2,492 (314th). Other: Rail £285 (65th). European £260 (126th).