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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 strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. 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 very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. 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 equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 against a transparent Parliament. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- 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, Justice, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Students: Finance, Gambling, Higher Education: Admissions, Higher Education: Finance, 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
- Written Answers — Justice: Alternatives to Prison: Greater Manchester (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 31 January 2012, Official Report, column 669, on the Greater Manchester Intensive Alternative to Custody Project, when he expects to publish the results of the evaluation of the Intensive Alternative to Custody pilots for young adult offenders in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Civil Disorder (15 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Government plans to publish its response to the final report of the Riots Communities and Victims Panel.”
- Riot (Damages) Act (14 May 2012)
“I am very grateful to have the opportunity today to debate this issue, which is very important to my constituents and, I suspect, to many others in London. All of us in this House tonight, and others beyond, have insurance. We value our homes, our possessions and all the things we have worked hard to accumulate, and it is natural that we seek to protect them. Insurance exists to cover...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 85 written questions in the last year — 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 62.77% 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") 483 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
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)
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 2011)
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)
January 2012, fee of £150. Hours: 0.5 hr. (Registered 17 February 2012)
Fees from News Group Newspapers Ltd, 3 Thomas More Square, London E98 1XY
February 2012, received £500 for writing article in The Sun. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 5 March 2012)
February 2012, received fee of £150 for radio appearance. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 5 March 2012)
Fees from Cumberlege Connections Ltd, Snells Cottage, The Green, Newick, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4LA.
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: 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: 30 Apr 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).