• Labour MP for Tottenham
• Minister of State (Higher Education & Intellectual Property), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (since 9 Oct 2008)
• Entered Parliament on 22 June 2000 — Byelection
• Majority: 13,034 votes. — 32nd out of 630 MPs.
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How David Lammy voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted 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 stopping climate change. votes, speeches

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

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)

Written Answers — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Counterfeit Manufacturing: Internet (18 Nov 2008)

“The Government's plan for the creative industries, "Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy", PP1067, published in February 2008 and available in the Library of the House, recognised online infringement of intellectual property rights as a particular concern. That document set out the Government's general action plan for intellectual property enforcement, of which online enforcement...”

Written Answers — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Higher Education: Admissions (18 Nov 2008)

“The latest information is shown in the following table. Figures for the 2008 year of entry will be available in January 2009. The figures are taken from data collected by the Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS) which are limited to students who apply to full-time undergraduate courses via the UCAS application system. The figures do not therefore cover part-time students, nor...”

Written Answers — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Higher Education: Finance (18 Nov 2008)

“The table sets out the figures for 2006/07 which is the latest year for which data are available. The data are derived from institutions' returns to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Percentage Total England 37 Anglia Ruskin University 44 Aston University 35 Bath Spa University 59 The University of Bath 35 University of Bedfordshire 48 Birkbeck...”

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• Has spoken in 13 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.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 comments 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.
• 122 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Lammy speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 311 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £280 (574th). Rail £62 (561st).