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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 for 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: Floods: West Midlands (5 Nov 2009)
“The implementation of the Environment Agency's River Tame Flood Risk Management Strategy will reduce flood risk to 2,850 residential and commercial properties. Capital works in other locations including Upton upon Severn at Worcester, Prestbury at Cheshire, Horsbere Brook at Gloucester, Badsey Brook at Worcester and Bedworth near Coventry are also a priority. To ensure maintenance funding is...”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: River Trent: Pollution (5 Nov 2009)
“The Environment Agency is still assessing the environmental impact of the recent discharge into the River Trent and identifying any further clean-up or restoration work required. The cost of this work is not yet known but will be calculated in due course. If a successful prosecution results from the Environment Agency's investigation into the cause of the discharge, it will be seeking to...”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Seeds: Imports (5 Nov 2009)
“Seedlings and transplants of the genus Fraxinus L (Ash) may be imported into the UK from any country provided that they meet the requirements of the EC Plant Health Directive (2000/29/EC). The directive requires that ash seedlings and transplants imported from a third country must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, to confirm that specific conditions have been met, such as...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — 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.
- 60 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") 279 times in debates — 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 | £19,434 (410th) | £19,006 (421st) | £21,516 | £20,339 (287th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,630 (295th) | £12,337 (505th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £21,637 (122nd) | £23,915 (124th) | £20,000 | £19,325 (joint 11th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £18,545 (221st) |
| Staffing Allowance | £91,779 (129th) | £86,912 (206th) | £79,290 | £70,208 (364th) | £68,023 (joint 228th) | £61,980 (joint 397th) | £955 (657th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,616 (478th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,575 (428th)* | £9,532 (237th)** | £11,036 | £20,586 (46th) | £18,882 (65th) | £17,737 (81st) | £1,136 (625th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £148 (joint 351st) | £696 (176th) | £1,021 | £960 (joint 191st) | £562 (247th) | £1,187 (133rd) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £315 (259th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £109 (82nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £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) | £1,302 (42nd) | £752 | £1,674 (522nd) | £1,674 (513th) | £1,674 (482nd) | £922 (joint 572nd) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £6,404 (19th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £150,708 (258th) | £155,115 (49th) | £137,142 | £145,939 (35th) | £138,329 (40th) | £121,795 (126th) | £33,895 (653rd) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,023 (212th). Rail £1,552 (381st).