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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
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
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
“I must apologise for not being here at the beginning of the debate, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The simple reason for my absence was that I was attending a memorial gathering at St. Martin-in-the-Fields for Professor Peter Townsend, who passed away earlier this year. It was a tremendous gathering of people who will remember him from his days at the London School of Economics and for being very much...”
- Energy and Climate Change: Power Cuts (5 Nov 2009) has video
“Does the Secretary of State agree that the negligence suffered by Britain's energy supplies was during the '80s and '90s, when the Tories blasted a hole and closed 150 pits? We are now importing 54 million tonnes of coal a year from countries that we do not even trust because of that action. May we have a guarantee that now that the world price of coal is going up, we will use coal technology...”
- Nato: Royal Mail (20 Oct 2009)
“Is the Minister aware that it takes two sides to cause a dispute? Is he aware that the ballot result was 70 per cent. in favour? That is democracy, and it is set against employers who have inflamed the situation by deciding to recruit 30,000 agency workers. I know which side I am on. I am on the side of those who deliver the mail.”
More of Dennis Skinner's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 28 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 2008, 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 55 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") 2652 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 11 Nov 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).