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Dawn Primarolo
Labour MP for Bristol South
- Minister of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (since 10 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Majority: 11,142 votes. — 164th 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 Dawn Primarolo voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
(based on written questions asked by Dawn Primarolo and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Tax Credits Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children in Care: Essex (30 Jun 2009)
“Information on the number of looked after children in Essex is available from table LAA1 in the Statistical First Release entitled 'Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2008', which is located at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000810/index.shtml Table LAA1 can be found within the first set of additional tables. Information on...”
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children in Care: Missing Persons (30 Jun 2009)
“holding answer 7 May 2009 The information is shown in the following table. Children looked after during the year ending 31 March who went missing from their placements by gender, age at 31 March, and ethnic origin( 1,2,3,4) —Years ending 31 March 2008; Coverage: England All children looked after who went missing from care (number) Gender 980 Male 510 Female 470 ...”
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children: Databases (30 Jun 2009)
“holding answer 11 May 2009 Before any organisation can connect to ContactPoint they are subject to an accreditation process which ensures that they have in place the necessary regulatory, security and operational requirements. This provides assurance that the use of ContactPoint is subject to appropriate supervision, monitoring and controls. As part of the accreditation process each...”
More of Dawn Primarolo's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- 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 75% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 41 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1089 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 | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,634 | £17,575 (413th) | £12,533 (530th) | £13,975 (541st) | £15,693 (264th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £18,050 (347th) | £21,543 (joint 205th) | £16,064 | £17,308 (394th) | £17,803 (480th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £9,720 (530th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £90,500 (joint 192nd) | £88,173 (112th) | £86,016 | £68,474 (joint 429th) | £64,273 (joint 458th) | £61,908 (443rd) | £49,588 (197th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,730 (201st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,315 (449th)* | £5,620 (426th)** | £5,671 | £7,664 (439th) | £6,643 (458th) | £6,028 (482nd) | £5,375 (445th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £654 (157th) | £128 (363rd) | £772 | £350 (312th) | £992 (164th) | £1,102 (154th) | £714 (186th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | 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 | £581 (444th) | £791 (365th) | £1,025 | £1,387 (192nd) | £1,189 (joint 188th) | £770 (445th) | £452 (571st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,511 (465th) | £1,778 (444th) | £2,172 | £2,980 (271st) | £3,087 (252nd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,192 (joint 341st) | £989 (joint 432nd) | £0 | £2,004 (joint 63rd) | £2,004 (57th) | £2,004 (57th) | £2,004 (56th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £1,902 (46th) | £0 | £3,305 (52nd) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £150,616 (259th) | £143,034 (212th) | £133,354 | £122,665 (345th) | £110,098 (507th) | £105,548 (482nd) | £84,773 (joint 414th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £860 (535th). Rail £4,455 (215th).