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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 — Home Department: Asylum: Staffordshire (5 Nov 2009)

“Information on planned deployment is not collected centrally. Decisions about the number of officers, PCSOs and police staff in each basic command unit and other specialist units is an operational matter for the chief constable. The available data for the number of police officers deployed are provided in the following table. This information has been collected since April 2002. Police...”

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Libya (5 Nov 2009)

“Assistance was provided in the period between 1 November 2004 and 31 October 2009, as outlined: 2004: three police officers and one member of police staff from West Yorkshire police delivered a three-week programme on drugs investigation. This was part of a project coordinated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; 2008: one police officer from South Wales police delivered a...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — 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 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 8 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") 447 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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).