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David Winnick
Labour MP for Walsall North

  • Also represented Croydon South
  • Entered Parliament on 31 March 1966 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How David Winnick voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Home Department, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, House of Commons

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Members: Correspondence, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, UK Border Agency: Correspondence, Iraq

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

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Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Abu Qatada (7 Feb 2012)

“This person is clearly motivated by murderous hatred—there is no doubt about that—but can the Home Secretary answer this question? He has been here for some 16 or 17 years. If there is evidence that he was inciting murder, why was he not charged? Would that not have been the most appropriate way of dealing with this fanatic?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Syria (6 Feb 2012)

“Although the action of Russia and China is completely inexcusable, and no one in this House has tried to defend or justify it in any way, may I take the Foreign Secretary back to a point made earlier? Is he aware that the resolution on Libya, which was brought forward to stop slaughter, was so extended in bringing about regime change that it has inevitably played right into the hands of...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Syria (6 Feb 2012)

“indicated assent .”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 90 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 64 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 73.97% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 21 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
  • 54 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on David Winnick’s activity.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1807 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£10,045 (508th) £9,530 (561st) £9,626 (564th) £8,577 £8,621 (583rd) £8,427 (586th) £8,387 (599th) £7,338 (593rd)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£12,166 (530th) £11,575 (557th) £21,794 (194th) £5,711 £5,036 (647th) £5,152 (651st) £5,645 (653rd) £1,877 (653rd)
Staffing costs£68,579 (617th) £67,554 (619th) £65,826 (612th) £58,100 £58,430 (620th) £54,644 (631st) £48,666 (627th) £28,256 (635th)
Communications Allowance£4,047 (505th) £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£5,779 (394th)1 £5,111 (458th)2 £4,783 (478th)3 £5,538 £4,605 (549th) £4,428 (542nd) £4,469 (549th) £4,649 (484th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £152 (joint 375th with 1 other)
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£698 (630th) £294 (joint 581st with 1 other) £255 (620th) £412 £308 (598th) £267 (607th) £614 (joint 515th with 1 other) £496 (558th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,109 (joint 549th with 1 other) £64 (637th) £1,345 £708 (612th) £842 (590th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,029 (joint 556th with 2 others) £1,291 (46th) £767 £1,201 (632nd) £1,201 (627th) £850 (635th) £434 (612th)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£101,314 (626th) £96,202 (636th) £103,639 (623rd) £80,450 £78,909 (655th) £74,961 (653rd) £68,631 (656th) £43,202 (652nd)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £5,779 (151st).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £5,107 (182nd). Other: Rail £4 (200th).

3 3rd party £40 (42nd). Rail £4,576 (195th). Other £167 (49th).