This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.

Ian Lucas

Labour MP for Wrexham

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Business and Regulatory Reform), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (since 13 Oct 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 6,819 votes. — 235th out of 643 MPs.

• Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
• Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
• Email me whenever Ian Lucas speaks (no more than once per day)
• Help us add video by matching a speech by Ian Lucas

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Ian Lucas voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against 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 strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Health, Trade and Industry, Treasury, Work and Pensions

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Solar Panels, Correspondence, Police, Firearms, Solar Photovoltaics

(based on written questions asked by Ian Lucas and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Human Tissue Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (29 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (34 out of n/a)
• Police Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business, Innovation and Skills: High-Speed Broadband (12 Nov 2009)

“The "Digital Britain" White Paper, published on 16 June, outlined the Government's plans for a next-generation fund, which will help to deliver at least 90 per cent. coverage of next-generation broadband for homes and businesses by 2017. The fund will be created through a levy of 50p per month on all fixed telecommunication lines.”

Business, Innovation and Skills: High-Speed Broadband (12 Nov 2009)

“I am surprised and disappointed that the Opposition are setting their face against a policy that will extend broadband to rural communities and create an inclusive broadband system. The Government have a firm and decisive position, and I would be very interested to hear what alternative proposals the Opposition have for delivering broadband to the rest of the country.”

Business, Innovation and Skills: High-Speed Broadband (12 Nov 2009)

“With respect, the Government have set out clear policies to intervene, where appropriate, to take the market position forward. Of course, a great deal of investment must be made by the private sector to take forward the extension of broadband across the UK, but the Government must also play their part. We are doing that by making it very clear indeed that we will support the development of...”

More of Ian Lucas's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Numerology

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below 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 86% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 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.
• 52 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ian Lucas speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 171 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,206 (496th). Rail £9,355 (61st). Air £282 (136th). Misc £353 (85th). Other: Rail £289 (64th).

^** Car £803 (547th). Rail £7,780 (72nd). Air £229 (201st). European £234 (117th).