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David Willetts
Conservative MP for Havant
- Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills (Family Policy), Universities and Skills (since 4 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Majority: 6,508 votes. — 364th 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 Willetts voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly 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 very strongly 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Innovation, Universities and Skills, Treasury, Education and Skills, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Apprentices, Tax Credits, Pensions, Pension Credit, Students: Loans
(based on written questions asked by David Willetts and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Commonwealth Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Parents: Advisory Services (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many telephone calls have been (a) received and (b) answered by the Parent Know How helplines in each month since such helplines were established; (2) how much has been spent on creating and maintaining the Parent Know How online directory and website; (3) how many unique visitors have been received by the Parent...”
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Supervised Homes (26 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many new places in supervised homes have been created for (a) 16 and 17 year olds who are parents and (b) all 16 and 17 year olds since September 2009.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices (25 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on advertising apprenticeship schemes and services in each of the last five years.”
More of David Willetts's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 15 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 291 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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 53% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 598 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | £22,691 (160th) | £22,899 (219th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,164 (150th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £24,655 (60th) | £20,601 (210th) | £20,911 (242nd) | £19,164 | £18,858 (268th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £14,735 (360th) |
| Staffing costs | £96,388 (293rd) | £91,234 (145th) | £88,019 (116th) | £82,603 | £74,680 (152nd) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £40,423 (502nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,160 (436th) | £5,114 (454th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,816 (252nd)3 | £7,807 (310th)2 | £5,679 (418th)1 | £3,739 | £5,830 (joint 505th with 1 other) | £5,720 (492nd) | £8,410 (402nd) | £5,103 (462nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £49 (joint 381st with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £29 | £141 (397th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £100 (327th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £31 (joint 103rd with 1 other) | £147 (75th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,767 (294th) | £639 (joint 402nd with 1 other) | £1,033 (270th) | £1,160 | £558 (471st) | £1,051 (235th) | £1,012 (328th) | £393 (589th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,478 (176th) | £3,778 (213th) | £4,704 | £2,626 (314th) | £3,727 (186th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,054 (535th) | £961 (475th) | £0 | £1,875 (joint 357th with 7 others) | £1,875 (joint 350th with 7 others) | £1,875 (joint 342nd with 7 others) | £1,875 (joint 322nd with 7 others) | |
| Other Costs | £250 (91st) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,503 (56th) | £0 |
| Total | £162,807 (154th) | £153,073 (214th) | £142,491 (226th) | £133,033 | £125,470 (284th) | £123,278 (242nd) | £119,968 (172nd) | £78,693 (502nd) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,038 (516th). Rail £1,833 (360th). Air £338 (132nd). Other: Rail £1,664 (9th). European £2,934 (3rd).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,490 (440th). Rail £2,490 (315th). Other: Rail £3,763 (1st). European £1,073 (48th).
1 Car £1,481 (488th). Rail £3,612 (237th). Air £237 (199th). European £349 (104th).