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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 a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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 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 moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. 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 introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Students: Finance, Gambling, London Metropolitan University, Social Security Benefits: Greater London, Young Offenders
(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
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
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- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“I am greatly saddened that the hon. Gentleman chose to use the term “playing the race card”. My comments were merely sited in an understanding of equality. There have been many battles on equality in this House. The battles against slavery, racism and sexism were noble, and many people outside the House will recognise that the fight for gay rights is one of equality; it is not...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 1 — Education Act 1996 (20 May 2013)
“I am not going to give way. The hon. Member for Gainsborough should also recall that this House deliberated for 20 years—he will know the name of William Wilberforce—on the abolition of the slave trade. [Interruption.] Conservative Members may tut, but they know that this House was split for 20 years on the issue of whether black human beings were human or chattel. There were...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 98 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 62.50% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 19 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 517 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:
June 2012, fee of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 20 July 2012)
September 2012, fee of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 8 October 2012)
October-November 2012, fee of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 3 December 2012)
Fees from Ipsos MORI ,9-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion surveys.
December 2012, fee of £150. Hours: 0.5 hrs. (Registered 11 January 2013)
Fees from 5x15, 6th floor, Newcombe House, 43-45 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LQ, for speaking event:
June 2012, fee of £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 20 July 2012)
July 2012, fee of £300 received for article from Chatham House, Chatham House, 10 St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4LE. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 August 2012)
July 2012, fee of £250 received for article from Telegraph Media, Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 August 2012)
Fees from South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX: £200 received in September 2012 for speaking engagement at London Literature Festival. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2012)
Fees from Edinburgh International Book Festival, 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH2 4DR: £250 received in September 2012 for speaking engagement. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2012)
Fees from Loftus Audio Ltd, 27 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3BL:
£400 received in September 2012 for radio programme. Hours: 5.5 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2012)
December 2012, fee of £400 received for radio programme. Hours: 5.5 hrs. (Registered 11 January 2013)
Fee of £100 from the Royal National Theatre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PX, for theatre appearance. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 11 January 2013)
January 2013, received fee of £350 for newspaper article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 January 2013)
Fee from Cumberlege Connections Ltd, Snells Cottage, The Green, Newick, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4LA.
December 2012, received fee of £300 for training session: Westminster Experience. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 28 January 2013)
4. Sponsorships
(c)Support in the capacity as an MP:
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: received since 7 May 2010
Date of acceptance: received since 7 May 2010
Donor status: company No 04718196
(Registered 30 June 2011; updated 4 October 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Labour Friends of Israel
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2,550. Assistance with transportation costs within Israel provided by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 9 Yitzhak Rabin Boulevard, Kiryat Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem 91035, Israel. Amount £90.
Destination of visit: Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Date of visit: 7-11 October 2012
Purpose of visit: hi-tech industry fact-finding visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories
(Registered 26 October 2012)
8. Land and Property
Residential property in Tottenham from which rental income is received.
11. Miscellaneous
Barrister (non-practising).
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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).