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David Davies
Conservative MP for Monmouth
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 4,527 votes. — 470th 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 Davies voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Home Affairs Committee (since 18 Apr 2008)
- Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 20 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Work and Pensions, Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Expenditure, Parliamentary Questions, Departmental Assets, Equality and Diversity, Departmental Internet
(based on written questions asked by David Davies and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Student Visas (Fraud) (8 Feb 2010)
“What steps he is taking to reduce levels of fraud in relation to student visas.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Student Visas (Fraud) (8 Feb 2010)
“Apart from language schools, colleges offering legitimate degree courses and other courses would be expected to have a high proportion of British nationals. The Home Secretary and his Ministers can almost certainly find many dubious, bogus colleges simply by investigating those with a surprisingly high number of foreign national students on their rolls. Why will they not do so?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (8 Feb 2010)
“On the train this morning I read a document which appeared to suggest that foreign national prisoners who are in prison in the UK are being allowed to leave up to nine months before the halfway point of their sentence, and are being given £5,000 as a present for when they arrive back where they came from. Can the Home Secretary assure me that that document was a malicious forgery and...”
More of David Davies's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 139 written questions in the last year — well above 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 61% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 85 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Davies speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 165 times in debates — below 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,816 (86th) | £23,020 (188th) | £22,101 (joint 203rd with 2 others) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £21,603 (143rd) | £23,056 (90th) | £21,708 (198th) | £16,878 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £81,247 (556th) | £81,646 (505th) | £54,197 (640th) | £45,717 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £20,557 (10th) | £17,097 (11th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,473 (60th)3 | £11,759 (152nd)2 | £11,274 (157th)1 | £9,346 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £488 (215th) | £130 (joint 361st with 1 other) | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £456 (208th) | £208 (295th) | 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 | £2,245 (joint 484th with 1 other) | £525 (475th) | £643 (joint 449th with 1 other) | £849 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,360 (499th) | £2,309 (367th) | £2,472 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,039 (joint 547th with 3 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £165,397 (120th) | £160,198 (99th) | £113,376 (593rd) | £97,910 |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,138 (197th). Rail £5,889 (158th). Misc £927 (36th). Other: Mileage £496 (12th). Air £309 (20th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,666 (211th). Rail £8,175 (73rd). Misc £767 (52nd). Other: Mileage £501 (15th). Air £429 (10th). European £1,935 (18th).
1 Car £2,413 (376th). Rail £7,664 (76th). Air £401 (167th). European £796 (54th).