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Mr Ernie Ross
Former Labour MP for Dundee West
- Entered Parliament on 3 May 1979 — General election
- Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mr Ernie Ross voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Middle East (5 Apr 2005)
“If he will make a statement on the middle east peace process.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Middle East (5 Apr 2005)
“I thank my right hon. Friend and wish him every success in the ongoing dialogue that will be required. May I remind him, however, that while we recognise that the core of the middle east problem is the Israel-Palestine question, if there is to be peace in the middle east, Israel must live in peace with all its neighbours? People in Israel—Israeli Jews, Israeli Christians, Israeli...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Pensions (15 Mar 2005)
“Does my right hon. Friend agree that we should congratulate the Department for Work and Pensions on the way in which it has restored pensioners to the land of the living? A recent report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies made it clear that pensioners, as a group, are no more liable to be poor than any other group. That is because we have introduced a whole range of policies that have...”
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- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
- Has voted in 78.01% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 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 | £0 | £17,686 (406th) | £17,180 (405th) | £18,400 (joint 400th with 1 other) | £15,568 (280th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £250 | £18,181 (joint 343rd with 1 other) | £18,761 (joint 295th with 4 others) | £17,480 (446th) | £24,601 (74th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £19,394 | £70,671 (307th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £40,291 (504th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,503 | £17,271 (91st) | £16,109 (111th) | £16,336 (107th) | £11,170 (164th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £2,168 (65th) | £682 (216th) | £1,598 (81st) | £1,213 (joint 108th with 1 other) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £744 (385th) | £491 (joint 515th with 1 other) | £817 (427th) | £801 (joint 407th with 1 other) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £1,123 (556th) | £1,701 (464th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £34,694 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £55,841 | £129,865 (196th) | £124,968 (204th) | £122,248 (114th) | £95,665 (156th) |