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David Heath
Liberal Democrat MP for Somerton and Frome
- Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, House of Commons (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Heath voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Advertising, Prisons, Tetra, Post-Mortems: Children, Immigration
(based on written questions asked by David Heath and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (9 out of 13)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (32 out of 32)
- Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Rating (Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Point of Order (9 Feb 2012)
“On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. In answer to the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Angela Smith) in questions to the Leader of the House earlier, I may have given the impression that draft clauses had been included in the consultation paper on the registration of lobbyists. That is not so, although I repeat that it is the Government’s intention to publish legislation...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: E-petitions (9 Feb 2012)
“In the six months since the launch of the site, more than 3.5 million signatures have been submitted to more than 11,000 published petitions. Those statistics underpin my view that e-petitions are connecting the Government and Parliament with a remarkable number and range of people. So far, eight e-petitions have passed the 100,000 signature threshold. They remain viewable on the site,...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: E-petitions (9 Feb 2012)
“I agree with the hon. Lady. It is important that the Backbench Business Committee can choose where it holds debates, including on the Floor of the House and in some cases on a substantive motion. Last year’s debate on the release of Hillsborough papers is a good example of just such scheduling of a debate that showed the House at its best. The Committee should also continue to be able...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 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.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 93.49% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 29 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") 1540 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | £23,291 (136th) | £23,002 (191st) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,947 | £19,477 (332nd) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £18,249 (412th) | £15,539 (286th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,584 (241st) | £20,429 (219th) | £21,506 (210th) | £20,852 | £19,300 (142nd) | £19,111 (9th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £14,630 (363rd) |
| Staffing costs | £91,040 (428th) | £84,508 (426th) | £80,326 (436th) | £74,757 | £65,466 (533rd) | £66,460 (397th) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £46,115 (313th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,207 (359th) | £6,905 (376th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,501 (312th)1 | £6,367 (377th)2 | £6,187 (392nd)3 | £6,818 | £10,616 (318th) | £9,420 (348th) | £11,732 (258th) | £9,875 (229th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £456 (172nd) | £567 (184th) | £544 (213th) | £1,130 | £288 (328th) | £412 (291st) | £356 (309th) | £779 (165th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £765 (149th) | £603 (192nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £228 (54th) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,929 (276th) | £907 (joint 258th with 1 other) | £441 (552nd) | £578 | £444 (539th) | £306 (594th) | £193 (635th) | £642 (joint 491st with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,260 (334th) | £1,884 (437th) | £2,046 | £1,581 (479th) | £1,103 (547th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,265 (joint 232nd with 3 others) | £1,058 (joint 320th with 22 others) | £0 | £2,064 (joint 10th with 5 others) | £2,064 (joint 5th with 6 others) | £2,064 (joint 5th with 6 others) | £2,064 (joint 5th with 6 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,676 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £155,001 (265th) | £146,813 (321st) | £134,056 (398th) | £128,804 | £119,236 (416th) | £119,209 (331st) | £112,808 (332nd) | £89,644 (301st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,485 (29th). Rail £726 (487th). Misc £270 (113th). Other: Mileage £20 (87th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,744 (62nd). Rail £615 (480th). Misc £8 (255th).