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David Lammy
Labour MP for Tottenham
- Minister of State (Higher Education and Intellectual Property), Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (since 10 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 22 June 2000 — Byelection
- Majority: 13,034 votes. — 34th out of 643 MPs.
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- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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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)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (12 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)
- 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)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 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)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Student Numbers (1 Jul 2009)
“In 2007-08 the estimated number of UK domiciled full-time undergraduate students, including both those fundable and non-fundable by HEFCE in each of their price bands are as follows: Number Group A 22,264 Group B 150,525 Group C 408,805 Group D 271,538 In addition there are 22,128 students meeting the criteria of the question in Initial Teacher Training which is not...”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Radicalism (1 Jul 2009)
“There is one official in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills who works full-time on matters relating to preventing violent extremism in universities, two who work part-time, and other officials who provide advice and guidance on specific areas of the higher education sector.”
- Written Ministerial Statements — Business, Innovation and Skills: Education (Student Support) Regulations (1 Jul 2009)
“This Government remain committed to ensuring finance is not a barrier to higher education, enabling people to make the most of their talents and improving their life opportunities. I welcome the latest figures released today that show that more people from lower socio-economic groups are going into higher education, with the proportion increasing 3 percentage points since 2002. Overall there...”
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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 very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72% 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") 347 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register
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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).