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Ian Lucas
Labour MP for Wrexham
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ian Lucas voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Culture Media and Sport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Broadband, Solar Panels, Correspondence, Police, Broadband: Wales
(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 16)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Human Tissue Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (29 out of 32)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (34 out of 39)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Democratic Republic of Congo: Elections (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the likely timing of provincial and local elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: European Union: Treaties (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Deputy Prime Minister on the prospects for treaty change in the EU.”
- Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: EU Action (1 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2012, Official Report, column 327W, on EU action, who attended the bilateral meetings held in his capacity as Deputy Prime Minister.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 140 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 71.49% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 261 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £50 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for opinion research. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 11 January 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Great Britain-China Centre
Address of donor: 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Airfare £4,283; hotel £260 (estimated cost)
Destination of visit: Beijing, Shanghai
Date of visit: 12-17 September 2010
Purpose of visit: to attend the Fourth UK-China Leadership Forum to meet the Chinese Communist Party and associated activities.
(Registered 7 October 2010)
Name of donor: Christian Aid
Address of donor: PO Box 100, London SE1 7RT
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,425
Destination of visit: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Date of visit: 21 to 29 November 2011
Purpose of visit: to observe the 28 November presidential and legislative elections with the AETA EurAc election observation mission.
(Registered 21 December 2010)
Name of donor: Labour Friends of Israel
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): estimated at £1,000. (A small amount of hospitality within Israel and the Palestinian Territories was provided by the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Destination of visit: Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
Date of visit: 5 to 8 December 2011
Purpose of visit: Factfinding visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories
(Registered 21 December 2010)
11. Miscellaneous
Solicitor (non-practising). (Registered 6 November 2009)
Register last updated: 13 Jan 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 | £21,174 (243rd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £20,837 (360th) | £16,200 | £17,121 (426th) | £12,704 (525th) | £18,261 (411th) | £11,615 (527th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £13,640 (484th) | £21,261 (161st) | £21,604 (joint 201st with 1 other) | £20,345 | £19,294 (149th) | £18,670 (357th) | £18,177 (joint 293rd with 1 other) | £24,240 (81st) |
| Staffing costs | £93,145 (383rd) | £83,671 (453rd) | £66,498 (610th) | £65,618 | £64,923 (549th) | £66,693 (385th) | £64,399 (329th) | £38,211 (548th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,060 (234th) | £5,277 (449th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,600 (260th)1 | £11,485 (160th)2 | £9,046 (268th)3 | £9,269 | £9,223 (362nd) | £9,483 (342nd) | £10,201 (314th) | £7,855 (327th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £41 (joint 390th with 1 other) | £0 | £144 (358th) | £1,037 | £866 (204th) | £1,774 (70th) | £921 (181st) | £660 (203rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £515 (194th) | £598 (193rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £254 (48th) | £227 (joint 63rd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,399 (222nd) | £705 (359th) | £423 (562nd) | £446 | £449 (538th) | £855 (327th) | £1,350 (203rd) | £874 (381st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,795 (413th) | £1,435 (515th) | £2,169 | £1,712 (453rd) | £3,175 (245th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,219 (joint 296th with 4 others) | £989 (joint 432nd with 6 others) | £0 | £1,834 (joint 418th with 1 other) | £1,834 (joint 412th with 1 other) | £1,834 (joint 398th with 1 other) | £1,834 (joint 363rd with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £151,829 (307th) | £149,321 (281st) | £120,976 (546th) | £115,084 | £115,422 (484th) | £115,188 (412th) | £115,143 (275th) | £85,289 (396th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £844 (510th). Rail £7,708 (88th). Misc £48 (202nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,206 (496th). Rail £9,355 (61st). Air £282 (136th). Misc £353 (85th). Other: Rail £289 (64th).
3 Car £803 (547th). Rail £7,780 (72nd). Air £229 (201st). European £234 (117th).