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Ivan Lewis
Labour MP for Bury South
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ivan Lewis 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 moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills, Prime Minister
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Overseas Aid, St Helena: Airports, Arms Trade, Consultants, Procurement
(based on written questions asked by Ivan Lewis and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
- Education Bill Committee (16 out of 20)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Disability (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the Government is taking to ensure that a post-2015 development framework is inclusive of people with disability.”
- Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Disability (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether she plans to represent the Government at the UN High Level Meeting on disability and development on 23 September 2013.”
- Written Answers — International Development: CDC (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what safeguards her Department has put in place to ensure the new Commonwealth Development Corporation-managed Impact Fund investments in health will reach the poorest and those most in need.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 110 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 62.76% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 31 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 128 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Ivan Lewis’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 562 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: UNICEF UK
Address of donor: 30a Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DU
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,825.81
Destination of visit: DRC and Burundi
Date of visit: 18-27 July 2012
Purpose of visit: visiting UNICEF projects in the region and meetings with political leaders.
(Registered 8 August 2012)
Name of donor: British Council
Address of donor: 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): costs of visit for me and a member of my staff; total £867.66
Destination of visit: Hammamet, Tunisia
Date of visit: 15-18 November 2012
Purpose of visit: to attend the Hammamet Conference
(Registered 6 December 2012)
Name of donor: Burma Campaign UK
Address of donor: 28 Charles Square, London N1 6HT
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation food and other costs for me and a member of my staff, with a total value of £3,637
Destination of visit: Rangoon, Burma and Mae Sot, Thailand
Date of visit: 24 November-2 December 2012
Purpose of visit: to meet political leaders, civil society organizations and refugees in Burma and the Thai-Burma border.
(Registered 7 January 2013)
Name of donor: World Vision UK
Address of donor: Opal Drive, Fox Milne, Milton Keynes, MK15 0ZR
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation, food, transport and entry cards for myself and one member of staff, with a total value of £847.68
Destination of visit: Gisenyi, Rwanda; and Goma, Eastern DRC
Date of visit: 22-23 January 2013
Purpose of visit: Visits to projects
(Registered 4 April 2013 )
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £22,835 (153rd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,001 (259th) | £21,562 | £20,803 (239th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,690 (joint 277th with 1 other) | £16,154 (152nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £24,505 (61st) | £21,889 (113th) | £28,272 (38th) | £19,930 | £19,298 (joint 144th with 1 other) | £18,774 (joint 279th with 1 other) | £18,212 (joint 253rd with 4 others) | £15,732 (325th) |
| Staffing costs | £97,893 (239th) | £88,986 (275th) | £78,105 (499th) | £61,229 | £66,265 (515th) | £63,754 (524th) | £61,880 (444th) | £43,792 (415th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,400 (joint 166th with 5 others) | £10,730 (85th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,286 (130th)1 | £12,424 (132nd)2 | £10,577 (193rd)3 | £7,278 | £3,499 (580th) | £7,193 (431st) | £6,218 (475th) | £6,608 (391st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £461 (170th) | £0 | £292 (285th) | £0 | £2,818 (24th) | £1,467 (107th) | £2,746 (21st) | £1,824 (46th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,030 (264th) | £2,204 (12th) | £1,073 (254th) | £817 | £1,481 (176th) | £948 (278th) | £1,114 (joint 283rd with 1 other) | £978 (341st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,519 (100th) | £2,090 (402nd) | £1,969 | £2,740 (298th) | £1,495 (492nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,512 (15th) | £1,309 (joint 38th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,979 (joint 105th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 98th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 97th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 94th with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £972 (83rd) | £323 (83rd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £173,382 (51st) | £165,670 (40th) | £143,719 (200th) | £112,785 | £120,501 (390th) | £117,517 (363rd) | £113,366 (319th) | £88,197 (342nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £840 (511th). Rail £10,938 (37th). Air £508 (120th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £980 (524th). Rail £10,518 (38th). Air £926 (104th).
3 Car £1,120 (522nd). Rail £7,025 (92nd). Air £2,432 (93rd).