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Nick Ainger
Former Labour MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
- Also represented Pembroke
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 1,910 votes. — 548th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nick Ainger voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Petition — Mobile Telephone Mast (West Midlands): Personal Oxygen (Public Transport) (17 Mar 2010)
“I hear what the Minister is saying. However, there is something I cannot accept, and which the PHA and the British Lung Foundation certainly cannot accept. A number of airlines already accept small oxygen cylinders in the cabin for the personal use of patients. Why on earth can we not say that, if it is good enough for those airlines, it applies across the board? The practical issue of...”
- Petition — Mobile Telephone Mast (West Midlands): Personal Oxygen (Public Transport) (17 Mar 2010)
“I accept everything that the Minister is saying, but EC regulation 1107/2006 is being reviewed. Is that not an opportunity to use the regulation itself, or an addendum to it, to make it absolutely clear that airlines are expected to allow people to bring on board their own personal oxygen cylinders or concentrators for use in the cabin? Surely that is an issue that can be cleared up this year.”
- Petition — Mobile Telephone Mast (West Midlands): Personal Oxygen (Public Transport) (17 Mar 2010)
“We are talking, again, about relatively small cylinders and concentrators. Transport for London is proposing that there should be a proviso whereby somebody should have a letter or other confirmation to show that their cylinder or concentrator is kosher and has been checked for security purposes. In such circumstances, why should people have to give 24 hours' notice to use a train? If we are...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below 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 80.75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
- 51 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 245 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. 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 | £11,139 (490th) | £15,385 (489th) | £13,460 (524th) | £13,384 | £11,496 (546th) | £10,651 (554th) | £12,800 (566th) | £15,923 (191st) |
| 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 | £14,806 (435th) | £11,863 (548th) | £12,163 (598th) | £14,230 | £12,757 (560th) | £11,603 (622nd) | £14,639 (560th) | £20,545 (150th) |
| Staffing costs | £93,654 (371st) | £98,205 (33rd) | £95,551 (20th) | £85,974 | £68,376 (440th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £64,527 (326th) | £42,523 (457th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,154 (395th) | £10,597 (92nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,031 (245th)1 | £6,912 (356th)2 | £3,387 (538th)3 | £2,823 | £12,113 (267th) | £11,757 (258th) | £11,598 (260th) | £9,513 (240th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £34 (joint 397th with 2 others) | £52 (408th) | £266 (joint 297th with 1 other) | £193 | £226 (joint 354th with 1 other) | £302 (327th) | £147 (400th) | £0 |
| 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 | £5,074 (179th) | £589 (439th) | £822 (356th) | £546 | £746 (384th) | £1,161 (198th) | £1,277 (222nd) | £906 (joint 370th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,760 (joint 422nd with 1 other) | £2,978 (290th) | £1,080 | £1,658 (joint 466th with 2 others) | £3,417 (213th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,167 (joint 384th with 1 other) | £1,050 (joint 347th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,888 (joint 320th with 6 others) | £1,888 (joint 315th with 5 others) | £1,888 (joint 309th with 5 others) | £1,888 (joint 291st with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £140,892 (443rd) | £146,530 (329th) | £129,677 (455th) | £118,230 | £110,878 (538th) | £110,376 (505th) | £108,403 (431st) | £92,428 (227th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,371 (143rd). Rail £4,157 (229th). Misc £465 (81st). Other: Mileage £38 (76th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,413 (77th). Rail £1,245 (406th). Misc £254 (108th).