This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Edward Davey
Liberal Democrat MP for Kingston & Surbiton
- Shadow Foreign Secretary (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 8,966 votes. — 322nd out of 643 MPs.
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Email me whenever Edward Davey speaks (no more than once per day)
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Edward Davey
- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Edward Davey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for 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 strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly 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: Deputy Prime Minister, Education and Skills, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Council Tax, Social Housing, Iraq: Asylum, Housing, Teachers
(based on written questions asked by Edward Davey and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Housing Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Local Government Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Nato: Sri Lanka (20 Oct 2009)
“Now that the EU has concluded that Sri Lanka is in breach of its human rights obligations under its trade agreement with the EU, will the Foreign Secretary confirm that the UK will push for and support the suspension of the GSP plus trade benefits that Sri Lanka currently enjoys, and argue for that across the EU?”
- Nato: Sri Lanka (20 Oct 2009)
“With respect to the Foreign Secretary, he did not actually answer my question in his first remarks, and he failed to do so in that response. Are the UK Government going to push for the GSP plus trade benefits to be suspended in relation to Sri Lanka—yes or no?”
- [Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)
“I would like to begin by welcoming the Minister for Europe to his new position in the Government. I know that it is a position that he will very much enjoy, as it goes to the heart of many of the interests and issues that he has raised in his time in the House. I look forward to discussing with him the implementation of the Lisbon treaty, when the Czech Republic has signed it. I congratulate...”
More of Edward Davey's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 58 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- 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 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 66% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 90 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Edward Davey speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 956 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 28 Oct 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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,166 (612th) |
| London Supplement | £2,812 (joint 1st) | £2,712 (joint 1st) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £26,281 (36th) | £20,205 (345th) | £19,931 | £19,325 (joint 11th) | £18,723 (joint 328th) | £18,044 (358th) | £13,309 (406th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £85,362 (402nd) | £86,059 (256th) | £84,149 | £77,533 (joint 84th) | £74,137 (59th) | £72,260 (joint 28th) | £55,756 (59th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,690 (joint 204th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,004 (585th)* | £2,313 (579th)** | £2,009 | £3,139 (588th) | £2,530 (602nd) | £2,500 (605th) | £1,456 (joint 613th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £1,109 (190th) | £1,598 (143rd) | £1,500 | £1,372 (195th) | £1,115 (214th) | £1,415 (179th) | £1,309 (joint 223rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,137 (352nd) | £2,609 (322nd) | £4,282 | £3,104 (258th) | £3,014 (joint 258th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,203 (joint 320th) | £1,065 (joint 305th) | £0 | £1,961 (joint 170th) | £1,961 (joint 165th) | £1,961 (joint 163rd) | £1,961 (joint 156th) |
| Other Costs | £17,603 (4th) | £10,422 (9th) | £8,934 | £0 | £5,574 (19th) | £5,185 (28th) | £0 |
| Total | £148,201 (302nd) | £126,983 (495th) | £123,418 | £108,052 (567th) | £108,628 (528th) | £101,365 (528th) | £74,957 (545th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,784 (367th). Other: European £220 (131st).
** Car £29 (584th). 3rd party £26 (50th). Air £538 (147th). Other £1,720 (11th).