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Don Touhig
Labour MP for Islwyn
- Entered Parliament on 16 February 1995 — unknown
- Majority: 15,740 votes. — 8th 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 Don Touhig voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted 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 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Liaison Committee (since 4 Mar 2009)
- Chairman, Members' Allowances Committee (since 11 Feb 2009)
- Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 6 Jun 2006)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Work and Pensions, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Coal Industry Compensation, Malaysia: Military Decorations, Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals, Romania, Committee on the Grant of Honours Decorations and Medals
(based on written questions asked by Don Touhig and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Education Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Children Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Local Government Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Education Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Thalidomide (16 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions he has had on compensation for thalidomide victims; (2) what assessment he made of the average life-time cost to thalidomiders resulting from their disability.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Parliamentary Standards Authority (20 May 2009)
“I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend's statement. I also thank you, Mr. Speaker, for taking the initiative of calling together the MEC and all the party leaders—all the party leaders—yesterday. You invited me to attend the meeting as Chairman of the Committee on Members' Allowances, and I was very pleased that the meeting accepted all the recommendations from my Committee,...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Industrial Injuries (29 Apr 2009) has video
“What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the compensation scheme for persons with arthritis of the knee arising from industrial injuries sustained in former Welsh coalfields.”
More of Don Touhig's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 31 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 3 select committees (1 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 82% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 44 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 385 times in debates — 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 | £23,080 (joint 150th) | £22,106 (193rd) | £21,531 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £15,509 (joint 290th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £15,989 (429th) | £16,523 (523rd) | £18,702 | £13,785 (534th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,231 (joint 196th) | £26,674 (57th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £94,203 (74th) | £91,172 (51st) | £85,276 | £71,997 (259th) | £64,273 (joint 458th) | £61,008 (497th) | £36,495 (577th) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,552 (58th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,045 (347th)* | £7,571 (319th)** | £9,050 | £3,789 (576th) | £3,308 (580th) | £3,604 (575th) | £3,102 (560th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £587 (180th) | £857 (150th) | £1,757 | £1,343 (138th) | £1,386 (114th) | £881 (186th) | £278 (320th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,297 (103rd) | 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 | £732 (349th) | £817 (359th) | £903 | £805 (joint 357th) | £737 (joint 387th) | £916 (374th) | £765 (421st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,675 (joint 432nd) | £2,197 (383rd) | £2,072 | £1,681 (461st) | £1,988 (413th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,339 (joint 137th) | £1,142 (joint 175th) | £785 | £1,887 (joint 327th) | £1,887 (joint 321st) | £1,887 (joint 315th) | £1,102 (539th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £157,499 (132nd) | £142,385 (229th) | £140,076 | £117,807 (444th) | £114,285 (438th) | £107,776 (joint 447th) | £85,152 (401st) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,775 (417th). Rail £5,117 (181st). Other: Rail £153 (99th).