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David Davis
Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden
- Also represented Booth Ferry
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Davis voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Education and Skills, Deputy Prime Minister, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Christmas Cards, Ministerial Visits, Police, Departmental Data Protection, Immigration and Nationality Directorate
(based on written questions asked by David Davis and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Wind Power: Planning Permission (15 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to issue new guidance to the Planning Inspectorate on onshore wind farms; and what will be included in any such guidance.”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Wind Power: Planning Permission (15 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at what point a wind farm development is considered to be in planning stage.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy). While I may differ with his analysis, there is never any doubt that he holds his views passionately. He certainly supports his constituency and community passionately, and has done so in the past several years in which I have watched him in this House. Let me say to the Prime Minister that it is also a pleasure to...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 72 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 58.94% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 51 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 806 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Address: Guardian News and Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.
Payment of £500 for article published in the Observer. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 18 July 2011)
Articles written for Times and Sunday Times. Address: News International Group, News International Ltd, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY.
Payment of £500 for article in The Times. Hours: 3hrs. (Registered 23 May 2011)
Payment of £500 for article in The Times. Hours: 3hrs. (Registered 13 June 2011)
Payment of £500 for article in The Times. Hours: 3hrs. (Registered 15 August 2011)
Payment of £500 for article in The Times. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 23 March 2012)
Payment of £300 for article in The Times. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 23 March 2012)
Articles written for Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Address: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, London W8 5TT:
Payment of £1,200 for article for the Mail on Sunday. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 June 2011)
Payment of £1,200 for article for the Mail on Sunday. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 15 August 2011)
Payment of £1,200 for article for Daily Mail. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 3 February 2012)
Payment of £1,200 for article for Mail on Sunday. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 7 March 2012)
Payment of £1,200 for article for Mail on Sunday. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 7 March 2012)
Cancellation fee of £500 for one article which did not run. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 23 March 2012)
Payments from BBC, Address: BBC, 201 Wood Lane, London W1A 1AA.:
Payment of £150, received on 15 November 2011, for taking part in ‘Any Questions’ on Radio 4. The payment was made to my constituency association. (Registered 5 January 2012)
Payment of £500 (made direct to the Haltemprice and Howden Conservative Association) for speech for Intelligence Squared, 6th Floor, Newcombe House, 45 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3LQ. Hours: 5 hours (Registered 8 June 2011)
Payments for speaking engagements made via Jeremy Lee Associates, 80 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7NW:
Payment of £4,250 for speaking engagement for Royal Bank of Scotland. Hours: 6 hrs. Payment made directly to my parliamentary office. (Registered 22 June 2011)
Payment of £2,550 for speaking engagement for HSBC Prime Services. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 9 February 2012)
Payment of £4,250 for speaking engagement for Civica. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 14 February 2012)
Payment of £300 for article for Prospect Magazine, 2 Bloomsbury Place, London WC1A 2QA. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 15 August 2011)
I received a hamper, value £85, from Deloitte LLP, City House, 126-130 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1RY, for speaking in ‘The Great Debate’ on 5 October 2011. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 6 October 2011)
Payments from Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT:
Payment of £360 from for an article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 10 January 2012)
January 2012, payment of £270 for article in Daily Telegraph. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 April 2012)
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 | £18,114 (355th) | £17,643 (joint 447th with 1 other) | £21,533 (309th) | £21,541 | £19,404 (340th) | £19,617 (286th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,206 (424th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,344 (336th) | £19,258 (278th) | £17,140 (509th) | £16,501 | £17,875 (367th) | £18,439 (416th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £13,214 (408th) |
| Staffing costs | £78,537 (580th) | £88,036 (314th) | £79,217 (470th) | £81,475 | £71,464 (273rd) | £62,889 (543rd) | £65,555 (243rd) | £53,915 (88th) |
| Communications Allowance | £3,641 (515th) | £2,871 (532nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,570 (263rd)1 | £10,794 (196th)2 | £9,206 (259th)3 | £9,546 | £12,966 (224th) | £9,333 (350th) | £9,515 (345th) | £6,731 (380th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £89 (348th) | £94 (joint 377th with 1 other) | £804 (156th) | £361 | £752 (227th) | £112 (joint 415th with 1 other) | £364 (300th) | £385 (joint 280th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £406 (joint 220th with 1 other) | £0 | 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 | £3,413 (329th) | £462 (515th) | £1,342 (190th) | £1,887 | £681 (joint 415th with 1 other) | £973 (joint 265th with 1 other) | £930 (368th) | £538 (534th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,489 (475th) | £3,515 (232nd) | £3,673 | £1,753 (445th) | £2,175 (375th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,316 (joint 163rd with 2 others) | £1,142 (joint 175th with 17 others) | £468 | £1,790 (466th) | £1,790 (458th) | £1,790 (437th) | £1,470 (joint 480th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £4,440 (42nd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £134,553 (507th) | £141,963 (390th) | £133,899 (401st) | £135,452 | £126,685 (259th) | £115,328 (407th) | £116,110 (254th) | £90,459 (282nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,056 (486th). Rail £7,460 (96th). Other: Rail £54 (129th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £993 (522nd). Rail £8,369 (79th). Misc £57 (192nd). Other: Rail £970 (21st). Air £405 (13th).