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David Davis
Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden

  • Also represented Booth Ferry
  • Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How David Davis voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
  • Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. 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 a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Home Department, Health, Education and Skills, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister

  • 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)

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Business of the House (16 May 2013)

“May we have a debate on the potential misuse of money by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority? IPSA appears to have employed incredibly expensive lawyers from Matrix Chambers in pursuing what looks like a county court action. That can be explained only if it is trying to intimidate the Members involved, which would be quite improper. May we have a response on that from those on...”

Written Answers — Home Department: Surveillance (14 May 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will provide an analysis of all data requests which have been made and approved under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since the implementation of that Act.”

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)

“Until the last line, I was rather enjoying that speech. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant). As always, he entertained me. We last debated a Queen’s Speech rather more than a year ago. On that occasion, the House gained some amusement from my ability to summarise the matters in it with which I agreed in less than 60 seconds, but today I shall take a...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 49 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 55.75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 53 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") 827 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Articles written for the Times. Address: News International Group, News International Ltd, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY.
Payment of £500 for article in The Times. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 3 May 2012)
Payment of £500 for article in The Times. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 26 July 2012)
Articles written for the Sunday Times. Address: News International Trading Limited, PO Box 151, Peterborough PE7 8YT:
Payment of £500 for article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 26 February 2013)
Payment of £500 for article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 15 April 2013)
Payment of £500 for article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 26 April 2013)
Articles written for Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Address: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, London W8 5TT:
Payment of £800 for article for Daily Mail. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 21 June 2012)
Payment of £1,200 for article for Daily Mail. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 30 November 2012)
Payment of £2,000 for two articles. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 8 January 2013)
Payment of £800 for article for Daily Mail. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 29 January 2013)
Payments for speaking engagements made via Jeremy Lee Associates, 80 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7NW:
Payment of £5,525 received on 19 October 2012 for speaking engagement for Smith & Williamson, 25 Moorgate, London EC2R 6AY on 10 October 2012. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 19 October 2012)
Payment of £4,250 received for speech for the Automotive Fellowship International Ltd, 7 Old Square, Warwick CV34 4RA. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 13 November 2012)
Payment of £3,400 for speech for the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), 3 Robert Street, London WC2N 6RL. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 13 November 2012)
Payment of £535 from Conservative Intelligence, 7 Cowley Street, London SW1P 3NB, for attendance and speaking at fringe events at Conservative Party Conference 2012. Hours: 40 hrs. (Registered 22 October 2012)
Payment of £400 from Financial Times, 1 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL, for article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 November 2012)
Payment of £150 from BBC for appearance on ‘Any Questions’. Address: BBC Contributor Payments, PO Box 480, Manchester M14 0EL. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 26 February 2013)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Tony Buckingham
Address of donor : private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: helicopter flight from London Heliport to Portland, Dorset; approximate value £4,000
Date of receipt of donation: 29 November 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 29 November 2012
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 December 2012)
11. Miscellaneous
Unremunerated board member, New City Network (London) Ltd; a not-for-profit think tank aiming to develop ideas and research on financial services policy. (Registered 17 April 2013)

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (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)
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).

3 Car £907 (539th). Rail £8,299 (61st).