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David Lammy
Labour MP for Tottenham
- Entered Parliament on 22 June 2000 — Byelection
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Lammy voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Students: Finance, Gambling, Higher Education: Admissions, Higher Education: Finance, Federation of Student Islamic Societies
(based on written questions asked by David Lammy and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education and Skills Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (10 out of 13)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (10 out of 23)
- Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 7)
- Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
Most recent appearances
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- Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 100 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61.92% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 470 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
January 2011, fee of £229.70 for participating in the King’s Fund ‘High Potential Executive’ Programme. Address: The King’s Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 10 March 2011)
January 2011, fee of £150 for participating in BBC Radio ‘Any Questions’ programme. Address of payer: BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 10 March 2011)
January 2011, payment of £80 from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8ERT, for completing online research survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 10 March 2011)
February 2011, payment of £150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for completing opinion survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 10 March 2011)
Fees from Inside Government, Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, London WC2N 4JF. May 2011, fee of £300 for chairing forum on Widening Participation in Higher Education and the Professions. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 27 May 2011)
August 2011, fee of £300 for chairing forum on Higher Education Funding. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 24 October 2010)
August 2011, fee of £150 for speaking on course Understanding Modern Government. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 24 October 2010)
Fees for Sky newspaper review studio appearance. Address: Sky News, BSkyB, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD.
May 2011, fee of £100. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 27 May 2011)
June 2011, fee of £175. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 24 October 2010)
April 2011, fee of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 27 May 2011)
May 2011, fee of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 27 May 2011)
December 2011, fee of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 9 January 2012)
Fees from Ipsos MORI ,9-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion surveys.
August 2011, fee of £150. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 24 October 2011)
Fees from Cumberlege Connections Ltd, Snells Cottage, The Green, Newick, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4LA.
January 2011, received fee of £300 for participating in Westminster Experience conference. Hours: 3.5 hrs. (Registered 10 March 2011)
July 2011, received fee of £300 for speaking at the NHS Institute’s Gateway to Leadership development programme. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 24 October 2011)
August 2011, received fee of £300 for being a Panel member on the GP Company Chairs’ Development Programme. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 24 October 2011)
October 2011, received fee of £300 for Department of Health training session. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 November 2011)
December 2011, received fee of £300 for training session: Westminster Experience Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)
Fees from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG.
November 2011, fee of £960 received. Hours: 9.5 hrs. (Registered 9 December 2011)
December 2011, fee of £960 received. Hours: 9.5 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)
January 2012, fee of £960 received. Hours: 9.5 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
(b)Support in the capacity as an MP:
Name of donor: CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)
Address of donor : 53 Romney Street, London SW1P 3RF.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four days a week voluntary service from September 2010 to July 2010 provided by a Volunteer Intern who is self-funding except for the receipt of a bursary of £5,500 as a member of the educational Leadership Programme at the Christian Charity CARE.
Date of receipt of donation: September 2010
Date of acceptance of donation: September 2010
Donor status: charity
(Registered 7 January 2011)
Name of donor: Toolkit Websites
Address of donor: 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: hosting and maintenance of my website; value £6000 a year
Date of receipt: 7 May 2010
Date of acceptance: 7 May 2010
Donor status: company No 04718196
(Registered 30 June 2011)
8. Land and Property
Residential property in Tottenham from which rental income is received.
11. Miscellaneous
Barrister (non-practising).
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £12,041 (537th) | £13,222 (558th) | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,281 (joint 104th with 6 others) | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,484 (449th) | £18,828 (301st) | £24,282 (115th) | £19,945 | £16,847 (418th) | £18,607 (joint 382nd with 2 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £4,627 (624th) |
| Staffing costs | £107,914 (31st) | £93,013 (102nd) | £83,397 (356th) | £84,112 | £79,941 (45th) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £72,196 (36th) | £62,444 (11th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,998 (367th) | £9,874 (173rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,248 (607th)1 | £1,485 (602nd)2 | £342 (630th)3 | £1,673 | £1,320 (635th) | £924 (joint 637th with 2 others) | £2,255 (612th) | £2,422 (584th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £5,374 (157th) | £1,427 (joint 107th with 1 other) | £1,613 (140th) | £1,592 | £2,705 (64th) | £1,098 (224th) | £1,376 (192nd) | £1,258 (joint 241st with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,475 (105th) | £2,365 (358th) | £2,705 | £3,479 (220th) | £3,245 (236th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,310 (joint 167th with 2 others) | £1,125 (joint 205th with 11 others) | £0 | £1,916 (273rd) | £1,916 (269th) | £1,916 (joint 264th with 1 other) | £1,916 (joint 250th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5,257 (27th) | £3,215 (15th) |
| Total | £139,934 (455th) | £133,224 (497th) | £115,836 (581st) | £112,640 | £107,826 (571st) | £114,390 (435th) | £115,737 (262nd) | £75,882 (535th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,248 (429th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,096 (425th). Other: Rail £389 (54th).