• Conservative MP for Bury St Edmunds
• Shadow Minister, Home Affairs (since 6 Jul 2007)
• Majority: 9,930 votes. — 299th out of 630 MPs.
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How David Ruffley voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very 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
• Has never voted on stopping climate change. votes, speeches

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Work and Pensions, Health, Transport, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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

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

Written Answers — Home Department: Immigrants: Vetting (19 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what access her Department has to the results of Criminal Records Bureau checks carried out in other EU member states; what arrangements are in place to ensure that all EU migrants are subject to a Criminal Records Bureau check before commencing employment in the UK; and if she will make a statement.”

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Telecommunications (18 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies spent on telecommunication costs in each year since 1997.”

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Finance (18 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the expenditure on (a) direct staff cost, (b) operational support cost, (c) business support cost and (d) cost excluding sustaining overhead under activity-based costing analysis was on (i) reducing crime, (ii) investigating crime, (iii) promoting public safety and (iv) providing assistance in each financial year since 2004-05.”

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• Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 546 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 59% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 comments 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.
• 60 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Ruffley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 120 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

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