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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
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- 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.
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- 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
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).
