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Denis MacShane
Labour MP for Rotherham
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 1994 — unknown
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Denis MacShane voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, International Development, Health, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Maldives, Conciliation Resources, EU Grants and Loans, Older Workers, Public Expenditure
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)
“I do not know whether you, Mr Speaker, or the Leader of the House have read the article in today’s The Guardian by Professor Roy Greenslade on the continuing refusal of the Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, to give the names of the 15,000 victims of data mining and illegal data trawling carried out for newspapers by Mr Steve Whittamore. I raised this absolutely astonishing...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Informal European Council (31 Jan 2012)
“Will the Prime Minister confirm what I think the Chancellor has said over the past couple of days, which is that when more money is required by the IMF, Britain will not fall short?”
- [Mr David Crausby in the Chair] — Falkland Islands (31 Jan 2012)
“I apologise for coming in late; I was detained, but I have been watching the debate downstairs. The Foreign Secretary was in Brazil, which is not a natural ally of Argentina, and yet Brazil is lining up with Argentina on the Falklands question. Did the Foreign Secretary obtain any reassurance that Brazil, which is now a major world power, is going to distance itself from what is, frankly, the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 117 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 77 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 41.87% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 24 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") 772 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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.
| 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 | £23,995 (57th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,625 | £20,510 (278th) | £13,140 (517th) | £19,700 (joint 268th with 6 others) | £16,609 (111th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £19,874 (224th) | £18,438 (323rd) | £21,489 (212th) | £20,820 | £17,746 (373rd) | £17,622 (joint 498th with 1 other) | £18,233 (joint 185th with 7 others) | £10,910 (494th) |
| Staffing costs | £83,959 (539th) | £81,529 (507th) | £82,318 (391st) | £73,681 | £75,004 (143rd) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £65,589 (235th) | £42,603 (455th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,390 (joint 177th with 1 other) | £9,680 (210th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,859 (204th)1 | £15,396 (68th)2 | £15,283 (65th)3 | £13,528 | £14,853 (143rd) | £15,860 (118th) | £14,559 (joint 157th with 1 other) | £12,503 (127th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £208 (277th) | £565 (188th) | £1,079 (111th) | £712 | £489 (280th) | £0 | £179 (joint 387th with 1 other) | £334 (303rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £277 (45th) | £405 (46th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,705 (415th) | £825 (joint 300th with 1 other) | £863 (joint 330th with 1 other) | £1,391 | £669 (joint 421st with 1 other) | £978 (262nd) | £551 (547th) | £666 (477th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,504 (joint 468th with 1 other) | £3,174 (270th) | £3,593 | £3,399 (228th) | £4,121 (158th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,459 (joint 31st with 1 other) | £1,256 (60th) | £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 | £4,225 (48th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £155,491 (256th) | £152,884 (223rd) | £147,572 (126th) | £135,350 | £136,163 (102nd) | £126,943 (172nd) | £122,213 (115th) | £86,630 (371st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,358 (32nd). Rail £1,757 (375th). Other: Rail £211 (78th). European £1,533 (26th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,132 (47th). Rail £5,566 (162nd). Other: Rail £1,506 (12th). Air £198 (33rd). European £1,994 (14th).
3 Car £6,748 (35th). Rail £6,642 (103rd). Air £1,284 (111th). Other £398 (40th). European £211 (119th).