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David Lammy
Labour MP for Tottenham
- Minister of State (Higher Education and Intellectual Property), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (since 13 Oct 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 22 June 2000 — Byelection
- Majority: 13,034 votes. — 34th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Lammy voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for 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 very 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 moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Trade and Industry, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Young Offenders, Equal Treatment Directives, Departmental Review, Welfare to Work, New Deal for Communities
(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 n/a)
- Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (12 Nov 2009)
“Last week, we published our higher education framework. There has been a narrowing in the gap between the least advantaged and the most advantaged in terms of higher education participation in recent years, but we want to go further, for example by supporting many of the recommendations in the recent report by the panel on fair access to the professions chaired by my right hon. Friend the...”
- Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (12 Nov 2009)
“I congratulate my hon. Friend on her doughty championing of extending universities' reach across Milton Keynes. Milton Keynes is offering higher education to more students through the Open university than any other university in the country. My hon. Friend was lucky and successful in her bid to extend that reach to mature students and part-time students in Milton Keynes. Additional student...”
- Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (12 Nov 2009)
“I am going to take every opportunity to expose the conceit of the Liberal Democrats over the next few months. The hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) said that they would turn their backs on the 50 per cent. participation rate and their leader said that they would downgrade their position on tuition fees because they could not cost it after the election. That is the Liberal Democrats'...”
More of David Lammy's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 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 low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 73% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 16 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") 368 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 11 Nov 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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £12,041 (537th) | £13,222 (558th) | £0 |
| London Supplement | £2,812 (joint 1st) | £2,712 (joint 1st) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,281 (joint 104th) | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £18,828 (301st) | £24,282 (115th) | £19,945 | £16,847 (418th) | £18,607 (joint 382nd) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £4,627 (624th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £93,013 (102nd) | £83,397 (356th) | £84,112 | £79,941 (45th) | £74,985 (joint 8th) | £72,196 (36th) | £62,444 (11th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,874 (173rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,485 (602nd)* | £342 (630th)** | £1,673 | £1,320 (635th) | £924 (joint 637th) | £2,255 (612th) | £2,422 (584th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,427 (joint 107th) | £1,613 (140th) | £1,592 | £2,705 (64th) | £1,098 (224th) | £1,376 (192nd) | £1,258 (joint 241st) |
| 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) | £1,125 (joint 205th) | £0 | £1,916 (273rd) | £1,916 (269th) | £1,916 (joint 264th) | £1,916 (joint 250th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5,257 (27th) | £3,215 (15th) |
| Total | £133,224 (497th) | £115,836 (581st) | £112,640 | £107,826 (571st) | £114,390 (435th) | £115,737 (262nd) | £75,882 (535th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,096 (425th). Other: Rail £389 (54th).