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Elfyn Llwyd
Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- Also represented Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Elfyn Llwyd voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Wales, Defence, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): National Offender Management Service, Sri Lanka, Departmental Staff, Prisons, Departmental Expenditure
(based on written questions asked by Elfyn Llwyd and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (16 out of 18)
- Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law Of Succession) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Planning Bill Committee (16 out of 18)
- Commons Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Adoption and Children Bill Committee (19 out of 23)
- Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Mental Illness: Veterans (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the estimated number is of former soldiers in the community with (a) post-traumatic stress disorder, (b) complex post-traumatic stress disorder and (c) acute stress.”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“I clearly understand the hon. Gentleman’s fears, but if he looks at what has happened in Scotland over the past seven or eight years, he will see that televised coverage is strictly confined to sentencing remarks and possibly the summing up by the judge and there is nothing whatsoever outside that remit. Given that there will be only an experimentation period, his fears might well be...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“The limited televising would help with legal education and it would help practitioners. For example, when we had the awful riots in August, some courts were not sure how to deal with the circumstances, which were exceptional. If anything of that kind happened again—God forbid—televised remarks of sentencing in the courts would be available so that people would know exactly where...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 91 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61.50% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 637 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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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 | £19,773 (297th) | £14,396 (503rd) | £16,844 (467th) | £15,444 | £13,060 (525th) | £18,267 (362nd) | £19,100 (359th) | £13,700 (461st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £28,757 (16th) | £29,976 (7th) | £28,929 (25th) | £26,624 | £17,748 (372nd) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,228 (joint 213th with 2 others) | £44,493 (3rd) |
| Staffing costs | £86,634 (493rd) | £77,235 (565th) | £78,472 (493rd) | £76,893 | £74,067 (187th) | £71,574 (144th) | £60,913 (500th) | £27,079 (640th) |
| Communications Allowance | £2,157 (548th) | £2,198 (553rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,411 (126th)1 | £15,701 (62nd)2 | £13,991 (89th)3 | £12,807 | £16,159 (108th) | £16,050 (114th) | £17,625 (84th) | £13,502 (96th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £370 (joint 198th with 1 other) | £977 (108th) | £580 (205th) | £1,404 | £1,295 (143rd) | £1,867 (60th) | £1,244 (125th) | £1,931 (41st) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £116 (300th) | £380 (239th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,488 (578th) | £450 (joint 521st with 1 other) | £491 (533rd) | £317 | £469 (joint 520th with 1 other) | £423 (554th) | £133 (642nd) | £301 (612th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,830 (406th) | £2,485 (342nd) | £1,211 | £2,217 (372nd) | £2,247 (363rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,123 (joint 464th with 2 others) | £1,207 (joint 115th with 1 other) | £1,231 | £1,231 (631st) | £1,231 (626th) | £943 (625th) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £151,705 (310th) | £144,266 (365th) | £142,999 (215th) | £135,931 | £126,246 (273rd) | £130,458 (112th) | £118,186 (208th) | £101,006 (80th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,030 (87th). Rail £7,248 (103rd). Air £67 (162nd). Misc £49 (201st). Other: Rail £17 (159th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,854 (127th). Rail £10,713 (34th). Air £134 (155th).