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David Ruffley

Conservative MP for Bury St Edmunds

• - Shadow Minister, Home Affairs (since 27 Jul 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 9,930 votes. — 304th 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 Ruffley voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted for 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

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Work and Pensions, Health, Justice, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Benefits, Incapacity Benefit, Benefit Fraud, Police: Finance, Police

(based on written questions asked by David Ruffley and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Children Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Energy Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Finance (5 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of students who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants from Suffolk local education authority for the (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10 academic year received them in time for the start of that year.”

Written Answers — Home Department: Community Policing (4 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Neighbourhood Policing Fund was in each year since 2002-03; and what proportion of funding from the Fund was allocated for police community support officers in each of those years.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 154 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• 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 55% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 13 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.
• 63 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Ruffley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 214 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,050 (109th). Rail £1,620 (376th). Other: Rail £258 (73rd).

^** Car £3,211 (299th). Rail £223 (519th). European £485 (92nd).