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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 against greater autonomy for schools. 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 for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- 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 moderately for replacing Trident. 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, Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government, Education
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Arms Trade, St Helena: Airports, Arts, Broadband, Arts: Finance
(based on written questions asked by Ivan Lewis and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
- 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)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
- Education Bill Committee (16 out of 20)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — International Development: Debts (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what conditions must be met by a country before it qualifies for debt relief.”
- Written Answers — International Development: Sudan: Debts (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of (a) how much and (b) over what time period debt is owed by Sudan.”
- Written Answers — International Development: Sudan: Debts (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what debt relief proposals his Department has made to Sudan.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 313 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 61.82% 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 552 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorships
(b)Support in the capacity as an MP:
Name of donor: Creative Coalition Campaign Secretariat
Address of donor: 198 High Holborn, London WC1V 7BD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,510.18 to support the launch of Labour’s Creative Industries Network
Date of receipt: 7 September 2011
Date of acceptance: 7 September 2011
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 13 October 2011)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Royal Opera House
Address of donor : Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets for ballet; value £2,000
Date of receipt of donation: 28 February 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 28 February 2011
Donor status: charity
(Registered 1 April 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor:
2)The GAVI Alliance Secretariat
3)International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC)
4)Oxfam GB
Address of donor:
2)2 Chemin des Mines, CH-12-2, Geneva, Switzerland
3)John Hopkins School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205
4)John Smith House, Cowley, Oxfordshire OX4 2JY
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)Travel and accommodation for me; value £2,440
2)Travel and accommodation for a member of my staff; value £3,188
3)Field visit in Bangladesh for me and a member of my staff; air and boat travel, food, accommodation and car hire; total value £263
Destination of visit: Bangladesh
Date of visit: 10-15 November 2011
Purpose of visit: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Global Action Against Childhood Pneumonia visit, to inspect child health and pneumonia facilities in and around Dhaka in response to an invitation from the Bangladesh Ministry of Health.
(Registered 30 November 2011)
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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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).