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David Taylor
Labour MP for North West Leicestershire
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 4,477 votes. — 478th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Taylor voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
- Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Official Hospitality, Iraq, Mental Health, Smuggling: Tobacco, Health Services: Regulation
(based on written questions asked by David Taylor and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Equality Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Local Transport Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Pensions Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Consumer Credit Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Chairman, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Gender Recognition Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (2 Jul 2009)
“As one of 30 Co-operative MPs in this place, may I draw my right hon. and learned Friend's attention to the fact that this Saturday, 4 July, is the United Nations international day of co-operatives? May we have a statement, or perhaps a short debate, on the value of the co-operative movement, whose objectives include international solidarity, economic efficiency, equality and world peace?...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Single Payment Scheme (2 Jul 2009)
“Some years ago, my hon. Friend—as I shall call him— the Member for Brecon and Radnorshire (Mr. Williams) and I were both Members of the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when it was doing an inquiry into the disasters of the single farm payment. The process has improved considerably, but is the Minister aware of the problems with the rural land register,...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (2 Jul 2009) has video
“Further to the previous question, as an MP for a rural area for 12 years, I regularly contact the NFU in my area to track its concerns. Indeed, I am seeing the NFU as part of that schedule at Oaks-in-Charnwood on Monday morning. High on the agenda will be bovine TB, which is showing worrying signs of spreading towards our area and thereby posing a threat to herds, farm incomes and,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 235 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 186 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 88% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
Members of the Chairmen's Panel act for the Speaker when chairing things such as Public Bill Committees, and as such do not vote on Bills they are involved in chairing. - People have made 28 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 75 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Taylor speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 703 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £17,553 (451st) | £21,017 (348th) | £21,634 | £18,558 (373rd) | £20,310 (196th) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £16,302 (135th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £20,512 (215th) | £20,684 (261st) | £20,651 | £18,595 (302nd) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £26,524 (61st) |
| Staffing Allowance | £89,002 (272nd) | £86,300 (236th) | £79,899 | £69,983 (383rd) | £62,470 (554th) | £64,242 (335th) | £41,094 (491st) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,782 (189th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,323 (168th)* | £9,826 (225th)** | £9,249 | £13,835 (182nd) | £13,923 (180th) | £15,279 (134th) | £12,159 (135th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £277 (joint 289th) | £564 (208th) | £160 | £353 (311th) | £539 (254th) | £413 (285th) | £514 (joint 236th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £686 (164th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £784 (joint 320th) | £984 (285th) | £1,158 | £805 (joint 357th) | £646 (435th) | £1,166 (joint 265th) | £1,439 (188th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,209 (207th) | £2,940 (294th) | £2,974 | £3,623 (208th) | £2,964 (268th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,149 (joint 417th) | £1,548 (11th) | £1,026 | £1,533 (566th) | £1,266 (622nd) | £927 (627th) | £507 (600th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £1,735 (48th) | £1,000 | £0 | £2,125 (44th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £154,277 (195th) | £145,598 (164th) | £137,751 | £127,285 (248th) | £123,042 (244th) | £119,983 (171st) | £98,539 (112th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,754 (135th). Rail £5,431 (169th). Misc £1,138 (27th).