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David Howarth
Former Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Majority: 4,339 votes. — 470th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Howarth voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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 their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill: Clause 29 — Referendum on voting systems (8 Apr 2010) has video
“The timing of this discussion is quite extraordinary. The day after the Prime Minister announced a programme that appears to include a referendum on electoral reform, the Government will have to troop through the Lobby to oppose that very policy. It seems to be a pattern that the Labour party proposes something to get a few votes, and when it has those votes it suddenly forgets about its...”
- Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill: Clause 29 — Referendum on voting systems (8 Apr 2010) has video
“That is a very good metaphor. In fact, that proposal combined with the other Conservative proposal to reduce the number of Members of Parliament would make the existing system even less proportionate.”
- Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill: Clause 29 — Referendum on voting systems (8 Apr 2010) has video
“I am all in favour of making the electoral system fairer. That is why I oppose the amendment, because the only way to make the first-past-the-post system fairer is by abolishing it and replacing it with a better system. I concede that, as the Secretary of State said, the AV system is not necessarily proportionate. I prefer the single transferable vote system, which is proportionate, and we...”
More of David Howarth's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 56 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 114 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 82.30% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 22 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.
- 153 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 393 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,930 (219th) | £25,970 (42nd) | £16,132 (536th) | £27,196 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £92,765 (389th) | £89,046 (270th) | £75,096 (557th) | £60,379 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £1,040 (573rd) | £3,848 (509th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,664 (461st)1 | £4,358 (503rd)2 | £4,954 (472nd)3 | £4,503 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £20 (409th) | £279 (joint 287th with 1 other) | £296 (joint 281st with 2 others) | £126 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £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 | £2,679 (419th) | £708 (joint 357th with 1 other) | £515 (joint 525th with 1 other) | £849 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,180 (350th) | £735 (606th) | £2,834 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,037 (joint 551st with 2 others) | £981 (joint 446th with 2 others) | £981 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £5,043 (34th) | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £121,099 (593rd) | £132,469 (505th) | £98,709 (634th) | £96,868 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £4,664 (197th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £4,348 (220th). Other: Mileage £10 (87th).
3 3rd party £40 (42nd). Rail £240 (514th). Other £4,232 (4th). European £442 (95th).