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David Ruffley

Conservative MP for Bury St Edmunds

• Shadow Minister, Home Affairs (since 6 Jul 2007)


• 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
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

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 a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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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

[Mr. Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Policing in the 21st Century (11 Jun 2009)

“Her Majesty's Opposition and I welcome this debate on the Home Affairs Committee's report "Policing in the 21st Century". The police in this country do a truly magnificent job, often in difficult and dangerous circumstances. That is brought home to those of us who work with the police service, and it was doubly brought home to me when I recently spent most of the week at the Police Federation...”

[Mr. Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Policing in the 21st Century (11 Jun 2009)

“The hon. Gentleman is giving a very considered précis of Liberal Democrat policy, but just so that I can be clear about this point, would the election to the boards that he describes be by proportional representation? If so, what lessons does he draw from the election of the British National party to various county council seats in the past few days?”

[Mr. Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Policing in the 21st Century (11 Jun 2009)

“On the right hon. Gentleman's point about the Staffordshire experience and the three other forces that piloted more officer discretion and shorter, sharper crime recording practices, was that work utilised in other forces?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 209 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 56% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 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") 212 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 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).