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Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour MP for Ogmore
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Marine and Natural Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since 10 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 14 February 2002 — Byelection
- Majority: 13,703 votes. — 22nd out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Huw Irranca-Davies voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very 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 moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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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: Trade and Industry, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Fireworks, Middle East, Higher Education, Miners' Compensation, Motorcycles
(based on written questions asked by Huw Irranca-Davies and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Children Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Communications Bill Committee (23 out of n/a)
- Courts Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Fireworks Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Enterprise Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fisheries: Western Sahara (8 Feb 2010)
“Information on the programmes taking place in Western Sahara is not readily available as analysis at this geographical level is not always possible from the data supplied by Morocco to the EU. However, at the behest of the UK, the Commission has asked Morocco what programmes operate in this area and they have confirmed that money is spent on training programmes in Western Sahara. No...”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Forestry (8 Feb 2010)
“The area of deforestation in England is not recorded centrally. However, an estimate is made for reporting emissions or removals due to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation under article 3.3 of the Kyoto protocol. The area of deforestation from 1999 to 2008 is given in the following table: Area of deforestation Hectares (thousand) 1999 805 2000 1,024 2001 1,245...”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: International Whaling Commission (8 Feb 2010)
“I discussed whaling and the reform of the IWC with the hon. Peter Garrett MP, Australian Minister for the Environment in June last year. In the same month I also met with the Icelandic Fisheries Minister where I called upon Iceland to respect the moratorium and halt commercial whaling operations. At the International Whaling Commission's last annual meeting during which negotiations on the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- 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 89% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 61 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Huw Irranca-Davies speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 327 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 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 | £17,002 (384th) | £19,434 (410th) | £19,006 (421st) | £21,516 | £20,339 (287th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,630 (295th) | £12,337 (505th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £15,064 (427th) | £21,637 (122nd) | £23,915 (124th) | £20,000 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £18,545 (221st) |
| Staffing costs | £95,525 (318th) | £91,779 (129th) | £86,912 (206th) | £79,290 | £70,208 (364th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £955 (657th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,227 (434th) | £4,616 (478th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,640 (349th)3 | £5,575 (428th)2 | £9,532 (237th)1 | £11,036 | £20,586 (46th) | £18,882 (65th) | £17,737 (81st) | £1,136 (625th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £187 (289th) | £148 (joint 351st with 1 other) | £696 (176th) | £1,021 | £960 (joint 191st with 3 others) | £562 (247th) | £1,187 (133rd) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £105 (305th) | £315 (259th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £158 (joint 69th with 1 other) | £109 (82nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,221 (597th) | £1,260 (139th) | £1,930 (106th) | £1,023 | £2,434 (77th) | £2,084 (57th) | £1,353 (202nd) | £0 |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,500 (101st) | £5,418 (127th) | £2,504 | £10,413 (41st) | £7,972 (42nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,335 (joint 142nd with 3 others) | £1,302 (42nd) | £752 | £1,674 (522nd) | £1,674 (513th) | £1,674 (482nd) | £922 (joint 572nd with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £6,404 (19th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £142,129 (425th) | £150,708 (258th) | £155,115 (49th) | £137,142 | £145,939 (35th) | £138,329 (40th) | £121,795 (126th) | £33,895 (653rd) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,023 (212th). Rail £1,552 (381st).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,187 (169th). Rail £2,453 (318th).