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Quentin Davies
Labour MP for Grantham & Stamford
- Also represented Stamford and Spalding
- Changed party from Conservative on 26 Jun 2007
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence (since 6 Oct 2008)
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Majority: 7,445 votes. — 361st out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Quentin Davies voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (since 14 Nov 2007)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Northern Ireland, Home Department, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Immigration Controls: Eurostar, Terrorism, Scheduled Offences, Iran: Nuclear Power, Dentistry
(based on written questions asked by Quentin Davies and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: HMS Sultan (8 Feb 2010)
“Under the current proposals put forward by the Defence Training Review (DTR) Package 1 (PI) Preferred Bidder, the Metrix Consortium, training activity at HMS Sultan is due to transfer to St. Athan, South Wales, no later than 2020. Following this move and assuming that there is no further Defence requirement for the HMS Sultan site, the property will be declared surplus and considered for...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (5 Feb 2010)
“The review was initiated by the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff for Health in January 2010. It will look at the current provision of out-of-hours primary care cover for service personnel, and consider other options for providing a service that is both efficient and cost-effective, while fully meeting the needs of patients. An interim report is due in March 2010, from which further plans...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Military Aircraft: Helicopters (5 Feb 2010)
“We expect to proceed to main gate approval for Sea King Mk4 this year. All other main gate approvals, with the exception of the procurement of an additional 22 new Chinook and a relatively modest investment in Sea King Mk7, will not take place until the conclusion of the Defence Review.”
More of Quentin Davies's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 64% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
- 87 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Quentin Davies speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 804 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 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 | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £15,134 (467th) | £19,565 (311th) | £15,515 (289th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £2,483 (644th) | £3,941 (643rd) | £8,828 (628th) | £8,405 | £7,365 (635th) | £18,795 (joint 217th with 5 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £3,805 (637th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,558 (144th) | £97,137 (41st) | £94,321 (27th) | £90,212 | £83,778 (24th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £55,322 (66th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,929 (200th)3 | £8,627 (269th)2 | £9,965 (218th)1 | £10,714 | £13,771 (186th) | £14,885 (151st) | £18,904 (64th) | £15,229 (69th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £898 (86th) | £985 (107th) | £911 (138th) | £638 | £1,627 (joint 105th with 1 other) | £844 (185th) | £665 (joint 218th with 1 other) | £1,081 (125th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,762 (55th) | £1,683 (78th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £101 (80th) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,859 (531st) | £278 (joint 595th with 1 other) | £636 (455th) | £353 | £438 (540th) | £307 (593rd) | £499 (568th) | £790 (joint 413th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £789 (589th) | £3,008 (289th) | £695 | £2,092 (393rd) | £915 (575th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,157 (joint 403rd with 2 others) | £954 (joint 482nd with 3 others) | £0 | £1,939 (223rd) | £1,939 (219th) | £1,939 (216th) | £1,939 (206th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £5,177 (31st) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £141,596 (430th) | £142,857 (381st) | £140,733 (268th) | £132,651 | £131,912 (151st) | £124,592 (212th) | £129,018 (37th) | £93,681 (192nd) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,816 (230th). Rail £3,551 (259th). Other: Rail £89 (126th). European £1,171 (41st).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,928 (46th). Rail £3,769 (251st). Other: European £232 (128th).
1 Car £6,436 (51st). Rail £2,794 (275th). European £735 (60th).