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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.

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

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)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

“It is a pleasure to be here this afternoon and to appear before you, Mr. Pope. It has been a privilege to listen to the debate, which has been of extremely high quality. I shall try to the best of my ability to address the issues that have been raised. If I do not deal with some questions during the course of the debate, I will ensure that responses are forwarded to right hon. and hon....”

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

“I think that is correct; that is my understanding.”

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

“I understand that it was a joint proposal from the NGOs and the industry. Secondly, on brokers and a register of brokers, it is helpful to make it clear that there is no difficulty in producing a list of individuals who have made applications in respect of export controls. We have a database from which those individuals could be identified. The issue is whether, if one produced a register,...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 10 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") 169 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Unpaid consultant in Stevens Lucas, Solicitors.

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.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£23,083 (joint 1st) £20,837 (360th) £16,200 £17,121 (426th) £12,704 (525th) £18,261 (411th) £11,615 (527th)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£21,261 (161st) £21,604 (joint 201st) £20,345 £19,294 (149th) £18,670 (357th) £18,177 (joint 293rd) £24,240 (81st)
Staffing Allowance£83,671 (453rd) £66,498 (610th) £65,618 £64,923 (549th) £66,693 (385th) £64,399 (329th) £38,211 (548th)
Communications Allowance£5,277 (449th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£11,485 (160th)* £9,046 (268th)** £9,269 £9,223 (362nd) £9,483 (342nd) £10,201 (314th) £7,855 (327th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £144 (358th) £1,037 £866 (204th) £1,774 (70th) £921 (181st) £660 (203rd)
Members' Spouse Travel£598 (193rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£227 (joint 63rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£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) £989 (joint 432nd) £0 £1,834 (joint 418th) £1,834 (joint 412th) £1,834 (joint 398th) £1,834 (joint 363rd)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£149,321 (281st) £120,976 (546th) £115,084 £115,422 (484th) £115,188 (412th) £115,143 (275th) £85,289 (396th)

* 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).