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Michael Dugher
Labour MP for Barnsley East
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Michael Dugher voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Cabinet Office, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Procurement, Social Exclusion, Government Departments: Databases, Thameslink Railway Line: Rolling Stock, Rescue Services
(based on written questions asked by Michael Dugher and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Procurement (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of payments made by his Department to small and medium-sized enterprises have been paid late since May 2010.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Procurement (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of his Department's expenditure on procurement has gone to small and medium-sized enterprises since May 2010.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Procurement (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when his Department next expects to undertake a spend recovery audit to identify overpayments to suppliers caused by fraud or error.”
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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 177 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 67.33% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below 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") 16 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Received payment of £150 from Ipsos Mori, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for completing survey on 6 December 2011 on MP attitudes. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to charity. (Registered 20 December 2011)
4. Sponsorships
(a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
(a) Name of donor: Barnsley Central CLP
(a) Address of donor: 9 Mary Anne Close, Cundy Cross, Barnsley S71 5RA
(a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,309.10; money raised at a fundraising event on 12 January 2012 for the benefit of Barnsley East Constituency Labour Party (£2,154.55) and Barnsley Central Constituency Labour Party (£2,154.55) in support of myself and another Labour MP. The total raised included no registrable donations.
(a) Donor status: unincorporated association
(a) (Registered 2 February 2012)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: UK Music
Address of donor : British Music House, 26 Berners Street, London W1T 3LR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: ticket and hospitality at the Ivor Novello Awards on 19 May 2011; value £420, and the Mercury Prize Awards on 6 September 2011; value £384. Cumulative value as of 6 September 2011; £804
Date of receipt of donation: 19 May and 6 September 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 19 May and 6 September 2011
Donor status: company, registration number 3245288
(Registered 30 September 2011)
Name of donor: Ladbrokes Betting and Gaming Ltd
Address of donor : Imperial House, Imperial Drive, Rayners Lane, Harrow HA2 7JW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets for me and a staff member to attend the Cheltenham Gold Cup on 16 March 2012; total value £1,200.
Date of receipt of donation: 16 March 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 16 March 2012
Donor status: company, registration 775667
(Registered 1 April 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor:
1)Institute for Policy and Strategy
2)David Menton
Address of donor:
1)Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, PO Box 167, Herzliya 46150, Israel
2)private
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)flights for me and a staff member; value £1,796 (approx)
2)hotel accommodation for me and a staff member; value £1,260 (approx)
Destination of visit: Israel
Date of visit: 6-9 February 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend and participate in the 2011 Herzliya Conference
(Registered 7 March 2011; updated 26 July 2011)
Name of donor: BICOM (Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre)
Address of donor: 32-36 Great Portland Street, London
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,843.07 (estimate) for flights and other delegation expenses, except accommodation. (Accommodation and some hospitality was provided by the British Embassy in Tel Aviv.)
Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank
Date of visit: 5-8 June 2011
Purpose of visit: the visit was part of the shadow defence team’s review into defence procurement.
(Registered 6 July 2011)
Name of donor:
1) MBDA (Anglo-European defence company)
Address of donor:
1)Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2DA
2)private
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)return Eurostar tickets for me and a member of staff; value £900
2)Hotel accommodation for me and a staff member; value £440 (approx)
Destination of visit: Paris, France (Paris Air Show)
Date of visit: 19-20 June 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend a major defence exhibition and trade fair and meet representatives of the defence industry as part of the Opposition’s review into defence procurement.
(Registered 19 July 2011; updated 26 July 2011)
Name of donor: Cellcrypt (smartphone encryption company based in the UK)
Address of donor: 13-15 Carteret St, London SW1H 9DJ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation and some hospitality for myself and a staff member, at a total cost of £2,973
Destination of visit: Washington DC
Date of visit: 19-23 July 2011
Purpose of visit: Factfinding visit as part of the Opposition’s review of defence procurement.
(Registered 15 August 2011 )
Name of donor: Australia Israel Cultural Exchange
Address of donor: Suite 838, St Kilda Road Towers, 1 Queen’s Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,200, comprising £650 for flights; £380 for hotel accommodation and £170 for food, bus transport and other incidentals
Destination of visit: Israel and the Palestinian territories
Date of visit: 8-10 January 2012
Purpose of visit: participation in the Australia Israel UK Leadership Dialogue.
(Registered 23 January 2012)
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register