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John Denham
Labour MP for Southampton, Itchen
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Denham voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. 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 the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government, Health, Work and Pensions, Home Department
- 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
- Provisional Collection of Taxes: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (20 Mar 2013)
“It is a great pleasure to follow the Chair of the Treasury Committee. There must have been at least some Government Members who, however much they wanted to cheer publicly, were wondering privately why no progress has been made in the past three years, and why so much of the promise, as set out by the coalition Government, has failed to achieve what they thought it was going to achieve. I...”
- Provisional Collection of Taxes: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (20 Mar 2013)
“There were certainly points in the Chancellor’s speech when he seemed to be living in a completely different world from the one in which I am living. For example, he made a throwaway remark that reforms to the planning system mean that houses are being built, yet there were fewer housing starts last year than at any time over the past few years. It is nonsense to claim something that is...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — 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 63.66% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 21 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") 1047 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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).