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Geraint Davies
Labour MP for Swansea West

• Also represented Croydon Central

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
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• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Geraint Davies voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Policies, Voluntary Work: Young People, Feroz Abbasi, Guantanamo Bay, Financial Services: Standards

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Inquiries Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Gender Recognition Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Civil Defence (Grant) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Most recent appearances

European Union Documents: Clause 47 — Mutual societies: power to transfer functions (22 May 2012)

“This is about having the reliable and consistent measurement of data in order to measure the effectiveness of policies, rather than having to rely on looking at the website of whatever trade association we are talking about. That is the essence of this amendment and it is why I support it. The hon. Member for Stone (Mr Cash) mentioned the Rochdale pioneers, and I am glad that he did so. At...”

European Union Documents: Clause 47 — Mutual societies: power to transfer functions (22 May 2012)

“What the Minister says is true, but does he accept that there is a differential outcome and that, on balance, because of the lower-risk structure, the mutuals do better than conventional capitalist banks?”

European Union Documents: Clause 47 — Mutual societies: power to transfer functions (22 May 2012)

“I shall be brief, Mr Deputy Speaker. The coalition Government say that they want to encourage diversity in the market and increase the proportion and number of mutuals, yet they refuse to agree with measuring the number of mutuals or their market share. Anybody who is serious about any policy should want to measure it in order to manage it and show that it has been successful; otherwise they...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 51 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 64.62% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 254 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

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Expenses

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