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Parmjit Dhanda
Former Labour MP for Gloucester
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 4,271 votes. — 504th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Parmjit Dhanda voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Budget Deficit (16 Mar 2010)
“At a time when we need to make savings, is my right hon. Friend aware that Gloucestershire has seven local authorities? There are too many councillors and too many local authorities, so in the run-up to the Budget will he consider allowing us to bring in unitary authorities in places such as Gloucestershire? We could save £16 million a year by reducing the number of authorities from...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Child Migration (24 Feb 2010)
“I welcome the Prime Minister's statement. The first time I came to know of this was a few years ago when I was a Minister and proposals were worked up by officials to reduce some of the funding for these child migrants. Thankfully, we saw that off. At one stage, I had to tell officials that I would resign rather than allow that to happen, so I welcome the extra funding pledged by the Prime...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Intermediate Care (23 Feb 2010) has video
“It sounds as though some of the changes to the hospital trust in north-east Hertfordshire are similar to those taking place at the Gloucester Royal hospital in my constituency, where four hospital wards are to be closed by 1 April, according to the chief executive of the hospital trust. This significant change is happening without any prior consultation with MPs or those in the local health...”
More of Parmjit Dhanda's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 32 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 78.34% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 56 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 235 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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 | £17,093 (381st) | £20,805 (356th) | £21,278 (327th) | £20,948 | £20,378 (284th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,785 (279th) | £12,319 (532nd) | £18,831 (438th) | £20,301 | £18,431 (320th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £26,159 (63rd) |
| Staffing costs | £102,349 (98th) | £93,256 (95th) | £88,828 (97th) | £83,766 | £74,814 (149th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £50,556 (161st) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,632 (108th) | £11,873 (joint 50th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,334 (486th)1 | £7,433 (326th)2 | £5,356 (447th)3 | £5,072 | £9,708 (344th) | £7,159 (435th) | £7,927 (414th) | £7,900 (326th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £52 (joint 377th with 1 other) | £69 (394th) | £68 (joint 398th with 1 other) | £945 | £1,987 (78th) | £289 (joint 331st with 1 other) | £491 (259th) | £849 (158th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £216 (276th) | £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 | £6,877 (joint 62nd with 1 other) | £2,405 (8th) | £1,663 (132nd) | £1,009 | £3,169 (46th) | £4,060 (16th) | £2,344 (44th) | £2,481 (36th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,421 (109th) | £4,963 (137th) | £3,077 | £7,649 (72nd) | £10,234 (25th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,325 (joint 155th with 1 other) | £1,131 (203rd) | £951 | £1,937 (joint 228th with 2 others) | £1,937 (joint 224th with 2 others) | £1,937 (joint 221st with 2 others) | £1,444 (493rd) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £161,337 (180th) | £153,906 (200th) | £142,118 (238th) | £136,069 | £138,073 (81st) | £134,584 (69th) | £119,867 (174th) | £107,398 (29th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,355 (330th). Rail £1,979 (353rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,812 (311th). Rail £4,621 (200th).