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David Hanson

Labour MP for Delyn

  • Minister of State (Crime and Policing), Home Office (since 10 Jun 2009)

  • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
  • Majority: 6,644 votes. — 287th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How David Hanson voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately 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

Committees and topics of interest

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Cyber Security: Finance (2 Jul 2009)

“I have been asked to reply. The Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) will be established in September 2009 to bring together existing multi-agency efforts to provide situational awareness, analysis and incident response co-ordination in the cyber security field, making sure that new and existing resources are used to best effect in the areas where they are needed the most. The additional...”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Tamils (2 Jul 2009)

“I have been asked to reply. As a matter of policy we do not disclose assessments of levels of terrorist activity and violent extremism in the UK by members of specific communities. The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) is responsible for assessing the terrorist threat to this country and UK interests overseas, and Ministers play no part in that decision-making process. The general UK...”

Written Answers — Home Department: Detainees (2 Jul 2009)

“The requested information is not collected centrally. The collection held by the Home Office on police detention under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) and terrorism legislation cannot separately identify the number of people detained without charge on the basis of evidence which had not been disclosed to the detainee.”

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  • Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
  • 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 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 76% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 55 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Hanson speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 409 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (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)
Additional Costs Allowance£23,048 (177th) £21,593 (301st) £10,399 £12,422 (537th) £15,818 (448th) £15,922 (499th) £13,774 (joint 457th)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £13 (joint 130th)
Incidental Expenses Provision£12,250 (535th) £18,956 (435th) £12,509 £14,754 (joint 496th) £16,877 (531st) £18,194 (275th) £12,123 (461st)
Staffing Allowance£86,672 (361st) £84,469 (316th) £78,139 £70,335 (345th) £66,910 (379th) £63,533 (369th) £49,977 (183rd)
Communications Allowance£9,438 (238th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£12,172 (143rd)* £8,137 (301st)** £6,707 £16,181 (106th) £19,607 (57th) £16,492 (104th) £15,543 (61st)
Members' Staff Travel£419 (234th) £609 (196th) £190 £0 £725 (207th) £705 (209th) £864 (157th)
Members' Spouse Travel£1,743 (73rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£971 (22nd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,270 (134th) £1,149 (241st) £1,222 £1,029 (278th) £945 (281st) £1,823 (109th) £1,491 (172nd)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£4,696 (87th) £4,389 (170th) £2,228 £3,257 (236th) £3,248 (235th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,115 (473rd) £904 (joint 560th) £0 £2,041 (joint 24th) £2,041 (joint 20th) £2,041 (joint 20th) £2,041 (joint 20th)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £1,653 (53rd) £0 £0
Total£153,794 (205th) £140,206 (282nd) £111,394 £120,019 (399th) £127,824 (158th) £118,710 (199th) £95,826 (153rd)

* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,381 (356th). Rail £9,386 (59th). Air £210 (142nd). Misc £195 (124th).

** Car £2,205 (400th). Rail £4,751 (189th). Air £1,181 (113th).