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Dennis Skinner
Labour MP for Bolsover
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
- Majority: 18,437 votes. — 14th 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 Dennis Skinner voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for 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 moderately against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly 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
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Deputy Prime Minister
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Council Housing Stock, Diabetes, Remploy, Strokes, Miners' Compensation
(based on written questions asked by Dennis Skinner and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (25 Jun 2009)
“May we assume that the listening and consultation applies to Labour Members as well as to the Opposition? Does it explain the absence of the Postal Services Bill, which has not arrived in the House? Is that because Ministers have found the strength, having listened to scores, indeed hundreds, of Labour MPs, to ensure that the part-privatisation of Royal Mail does not go ahead? If that is the...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Sure Start (15 Jun 2009) has video
“When my right hon. Friend has been to Amber Valley and visited the Sure Start centre there, will she continue to Creswell and Langwith? There, she will see two more Sure Start success stories. We have got not only health visitors but national health service dentists in both places. We want to ensure that that is replicated throughout the country, so let's keep out the Tories with their cuts.”
More of Dennis Skinner's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 30 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 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 96% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 52 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 2649 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 | £11,323 (543rd) | £10,565 (558th) | £12,171 | £14,053 (503rd) | £12,128 (535th) | £13,113 (559th) | £10,991 (542nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £1,039 (645th) | £2,839 (644th) | £2,127 | £2,888 (655th) | £1,042 (658th) | £5,664 (652nd) | £9,155 (545th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £45,522 (642nd) | £46,366 (642nd) | £46,253 | £46,132 (650th) | £46,723 (646th) | £42,654 (645th) | £36,719 (573rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,722 (418th)* | £5,669 (419th)** | £5,704 | £9,983 (337th) | £7,434 (423rd) | £9,355 (356th) | £8,399 (300th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £690 (152nd) | £569 (207th) | £682 | £819 (213th) | £956 (169th) | £1,390 (107th) | £915 (147th) |
| 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 | £306 (577th) | £358 (585th) | £170 | £424 (joint 545th) | £525 (499th) | £844 (joint 409th) | £134 (639th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,105 (552nd) | £400 (628th) | £0 | £770 (603rd) | £2,312 (joint 354th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,226 (joint 285th) | £1,125 (joint 205th) | £599 | £418 (651st) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £66,933 (643rd) | £67,891 (644th) | £67,706 | £75,487 (657th) | £71,120 (655th) | £73,020 (654th) | £66,313 (623rd) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,722 (63rd).