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John Denham
Labour MP for Southampton, Itchen
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Denham voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. 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 automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government, Home Department, Health, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, Apprentices, Departmental Billing, Gender Pay Gap, E-mail
(based on written questions asked by John Denham and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 12)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall (22 May 2012)
“Funding of Art Asia (Southampton) – John Denham. ”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Employment Law (Beecroft Report) (21 May 2012)
“What does the Minister think will do most for growth in this country: the introduction of a fire-at-will culture, or tackling the banks that are failing to lend to small business? If the latter, why is there so much more activity from the Government on employment legislation and pathetically little action on getting bank lending going?”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: E-mail (1 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in her Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in her Department after that period.”
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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 206 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 61.68% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 20 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 1022 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
March 2012,
received £150 for seminar on 9 February 2012 from Government Knowledge. Address: 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5BW. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 24 April 2012)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(b) Address of donor: Cornwall Court, 19 Cornwall Street, Birmingham B3 2DT
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the services of a research assistant/analyst to support me in my Opposition front bench role, for 4 days per week on 18 week secondment from 28 February 2011 until 30 June 2011; value £53,812
(b) Date of receipt: 28 February 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 28 February 2011-30 June 2011
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 8 April 2011; updated 14 October 2011)
(b) Name of donor: GMB
(b) Address of donor: GMB National Office, 22/24 Worple Road, London SW19 4DD
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to pay for a member of staff for three months to support me in my Opposition front bench role.
(b) Date of receipt: 30 June 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 30 June 2011
(b) Donor status: trade union
(b) (Registered 27 July 2011)
(b) Name of donor: Lord Bhattacharyya
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to pay for a member of staff working for me in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills (until 6 October 2011)
(b) Date of receipt: 17 August 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 17 August 2011
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered September 2011; updated 14 October 2011)
(b) Name of donor:GMB
(b) Address of donor: GMB National Office, 22/24 Worple Road, London SW19 4DD
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500 to pay for a member of staff for three months in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and frontbench role for the Labour Party.
(b) Date of receipt: 30 September 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 30 September 2011
(b) Donor status: trade union
(b) (Registered 14 October 2011)
(b) Name of donor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(b) Address of donor: Cornwall Court, 19 Cornwall Street, Birmingham B3 2DT
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the services of a research assistant/analyst to support me in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, for 4 days per week from 6 September 2011 until 6 October 2011; value £12,213
(b) Date of receipt: 6 September 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 6 September 2011
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 14 October 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Nigel Doughty
Address of donor: Doughty Hanson & Co, 45 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JG
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £4,657,95
Destination of visit: Singapore
Date of visit: 3-7 October 2011
Purpose of visit: observance of Singaporean businesses/Eastern economies
(Registered 21 October 2011)
Name of donor: Nigel Doughty
Address of donor: Doughty Hanson & Co, 45 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JG
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £4,697.71, including flights, accommodation, car and driver
Destination of visit: Washington
Date of visit: 31 October -3 November 2011
Purpose of visit: observance of Washington businesses
(Registered 29 November 2011)
Register last updated: 30 Apr 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 | £23,806 (87th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £13,869 (451st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,474 (103rd) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £22,952 (88th) | £17,574 (366th) | £18,958 (434th) | £18,810 | £14,606 (504th) | £17,628 (496th) | £18,106 (joint 336th with 1 other) | £15,920 (314th) |
| Staffing costs | £92,215 (403rd) | £89,780 (239th) | £83,212 (364th) | £77,496 | £70,420 (joint 315th with 1 other) | £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) | £61,856 (joint 448th with 1 other) | £42,232 (464th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,713 (257th) | £9,690 (joint 204th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,134 (498th)1 | £7,221 (joint 336th with 1 other)2 | £7,992 (304th)3 | £7,284 | £8,304 (411th) | £6,425 (467th) | £2,611 (599th) | £3,213 (553rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £118 | £472 (284th) | £247 (349th) | £48 (447th) | £78 (joint 414th with 1 other) |
| 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 | £4,294 (229th) | £1,185 (joint 160th with 2 others) | £1,987 (100th) | £1,135 | £4,261 (27th) | £986 (258th) | £743 (joint 451st with 1 other) | £1,043 (314th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,433 (183rd) | £4,889 (138th) | £3,440 | £11,397 (33rd) | £2,376 (joint 344th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,417 (joint 57th with 2 others) | £1,227 (joint 86th with 1 other) | £18 | £1,933 (joint 243rd with 4 others) | £1,933 (joint 238th with 4 others) | £1,916 (joint 264th with 1 other) | £1,916 (joint 250th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £877 (78th) | £0 | £795 | £0 | £0 | £1,300 (63rd) | £0 |
| Total | £157,114 (237th) | £154,260 (196th) | £140,375 (276th) | £130,730 | £132,295 (143rd) | £114,201 (439th) | £107,776 (joint 447th with 1 other) | £79,498 (492nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,472 (443rd). Rail £2,503 (312th). Misc £159 (139th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,391 (264th). Rail £2,734 (311th). Misc £3 (261st). Other: European £1,093 (51st).