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Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour MP for Ogmore
- Entered Parliament on 14 February 2002 — Byelection
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Huw Irranca-Davies voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Treasury, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Food Procurement, Departmental Carbon Emissions, Food Labelling, Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs, Carbon Sequestration
(based on written questions asked by Huw Irranca-Davies and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
- Children Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Fireworks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Communications Bill Committee (23 out of 25)
- Courts Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Enterprise Bill Committee (17 out of 19)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Numbers (21 May 2012)
“What assessment she has made of the effect of change in police numbers on the level of crime since May 2010.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Numbers (21 May 2012)
“The Minister said that there was “no simple link”. The Police Federation has suggested that by 2015 the number of serving police officers in Wales will have fallen by about 1,600, and according to Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary the figure is closer to 800. Even if the more cautious figure were correct, does the Minister really believe that a drop of 800 would...”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Firearms (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many firearms units there are in (a) Avon and Somerset Police Constabulary, (b) Gloucestershire Police Constabulary, (c) Devon and Cornwall Police Constabulary and (d) South Wales Police.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 59 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 607 written questions in the last year — well 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 71.72% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 417 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Received £150 for completing a survey. Hours: 1 hr. Fee donated to local charity. (Registered 14 July 2011)
Received £150 for completing a survey. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 28 February 2012)
Payment of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 16 May 2011)
Payment of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 22 June 2011)
Payment of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 5 July 2011)
Payment of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins (Registered 31 January 2012)
Payment of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins (Registered 28 February 2012)
Payment of £500 from Spencer Ogden, energy recruiters, for participation in roundtable event on renewable energy. Address: 33 Charlotte Street, London W17 1RR. Hours: 90 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 9 May 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Ministère de l’Energie des Mines, de l’Eau et de l’Environnement du Royaume du Maroc
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation and travel; total cost £1,228.60
Destination of visit: Morocco
Date of visit: 2-5 October 2011
Purpose of visit: to visit various energy-related projects
(Registered 4 November 2011)
8. Land and Property
Holiday home in West Glamorgan.
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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)1 | £5,575 (428th)2 | £9,532 (237th)3 | £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 (426th) | £150,708 (258th) | £155,115 (49th) | £137,142 | £145,939 (35th) | £138,329 (40th) | £121,795 (126th) | £33,895 (653rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,187 (169th). Rail £2,453 (318th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,023 (212th). Rail £1,552 (381st).