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David Davis
Conservative MP for Haltemprice & Howden
- Also represented Booth Ferry
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Majority: 15,355 votes. — 1st 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 Davis voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly 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 strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and 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, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Identity Cards
(based on written questions asked by David Davis and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Disclosure of Information (4 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: DNA: Databases (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his contribution on Second Reading of the Crime and Security Bill, 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 35, from which document the facts were drawn on matches drawn from the national DNA database in 2008-09 for cases of rape and manslaughter from people who had been arrested but not convicted of a serious crime.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Disclosure of Information (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.”
More of David Davis's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 49 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 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 41% of votes in 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.
- 86 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Davis speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 752 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment from Associated Newspapers (Daily and Sunday Mail) for two articles. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 25 February 2009)
Payment from Associated Newspapers for articles published in Mail on Sunday. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 30 June 2009)
Associated Newspapers Limited, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT.
Received £900 for article printed in Mail on Sunday on 30 August 2009. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 October 2009)
Received £900 for article printed in Mail on Sunday on 27 September 2009. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 October 2009)
Received £500 for article in Daily Mail. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 November 2009)
Payment of £1,600 received for two articles published in the Daily Mail. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 11 December 2009)
Fee from BBC for appearance on 'I've Never Seen Star Wars' for BBC4. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 30 June 2009)
Payment of £250 from the Independent Newspaper, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5HF, for writing an article. Hours: 3hrs. (Registered 25 September 2009)
Payment of £200 received from the Evening Standard for writing an article. Address: London Evening Standard, Evening Standard Ltd, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2009)
Payment of £500 for participating in a debate. Address: The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Hours: 5hrs. (Registered 9 October 2009)
Payment of £350 for an article published in the Observer newspaper. Hours: 3 hrs. Address: Guardian News and Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. (Registered 26 October 2009)
Articles written for Times and Sunday Times. Address: News International Group, News International Ltd, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY.
Payment of £500 for one article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 29 October 2009)
Payment of £500 for one article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 29 October 2009)
Payment of £500 for one article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 November 2009)
Payment of £600 for two articles published in the Financial Times. Address: 1 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 26 November 2009)
Payment of £500 for participation in a civil liberties debate for Intelligence Squared. Address: 45 Foubert's Place, London, W1F 7QH. Hours: 5 hrs (Registered 11 December 2009)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Donations to fund my campaign for civil liberties, which includes, but is not limited to, the by-election campaign, from:
P J Hall, London (personal donation)
Anders U Schroder, London (personal donation)
(Registered 18 June 2008)
Robert C B Miller, London (personal donation)
(Registered 28 August 2008)
Donation from Michael Hintze towards my Afghan Project. The donation was used to meet the costs of a visit to the region, 1-11 October, 2008, including provision of a video camera. (Registered 10 November 2008)
Reprieve paid for press representation during a trip to New York and Washington DC, between 31 May and 3 June 2009. This was to undertake media and liaison work promoting openness with respect to evidence of torture retained by US. (Registered 30 June 2009)
Name of donor: Mr Michael Hintze
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 towards my Afghan Project.
Date of receipt: 29 October 2009
Date of acceptance: 29 October 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 13 November 2009)
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £30,000 for funding research support
Date of receipt: 14 December 2009
Date of acceptance: 16 December 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 December 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
17 July 2008, helicopter flight from Sennybridge, Powys to London Battersea Heliport provided by Tony Buckingham, of Beaulieu, Hampshire. (Registered 31 July 2008)
6. Overseas visits
26-30 April 2009, to Los Angeles California, to attend and speak at the Milken Institute Global Conference. The costs of my flights and accommodation was met by The Legatum Institute, London. (Registered 12 May 2009)
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 | £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 (579th) | £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)3 | £10,794 (196th)2 | £9,206 (259th)1 | £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 (508th) | £141,963 (390th) | £133,899 (401st) | £135,452 | £126,685 (259th) | £115,328 (407th) | £116,110 (254th) | £90,459 (282nd) |
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 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,056 (486th). Rail £7,460 (96th). Other: Rail £54 (129th).