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Simon Danczuk
Labour MP for Rochdale

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Simon Danczuk voted on key issues:

    • Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Justice, Education, Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Kashmir, Schools: Sports, Crime: Victims, Legal Aid: Rochdale, Asbestos

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    [Mr Lee Scott in the Chair] — Hot Takeaway Food (VAT) (23 May 2012)

    “rose —”

    [Mr Lee Scott in the Chair] — Hot Takeaway Food (VAT) (23 May 2012)

    “Will the Minister address the point that I made about the samosa tax issue?”

    [Mr Lee Scott in the Chair] — Hot Takeaway Food (VAT) (23 May 2012)

    “May I say “Well done” to the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Stephen Gilbert), who I will call my hon. Friend, for securing this important debate? He has made an exceptionally intelligent contribution to a significant discussion. I will speak only for a couple of minutes, but I want to register my concerns about the tax under discussion, and touch on the impact that it...”

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    Register of Members’ Interests

    1. Directorships
    Vision Twenty-One, Milton Hall, 244 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4BQ (Urban Visions Ltd) (social research). Company ceased trading in May 2011.
    Payment of £12,000 as non-executive director of Vision Twenty-One, for period May 2010-April 2011. Hours: approximately 12 hours work per month. (Registered 20 May 2011)
    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Fees from YouGov, 50 Featherstone St, London EC1Y 8RT, for completing surveys:
    January 2011, £80, donated to an organisation of my choice. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 20 May 2011)
    March 2011, £80, donated to an organisation of my choice. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 20 May 2011)
    Payment of £75 from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for completing a survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 4 November 2011)
    5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
    Name of donor: Japan Tobacco International
    Address of donor : Members Hill, Brooklands Road, Weybridge Surrey KT13 0QU
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: attendance and hospitality for two persons at England v India Test Match cricket at the Oval, value £1,158 plus VAT
    Date of receipt of donation: 19 August 2011
    Date of acceptance of donation: 19 August 2011
    Donor status: company; registration 1501573
    (Registered 24 August 2011)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor:
    1)Government of Azad Kashmir
    2)Justice Foundation London
    Address of donor:
    1)Prime Minister Secretariat, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
    2)Kashmir Centre, The Dutch House, High Holborn, London WC1V 7LL
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
    1)Accommodation and travel in Pakistan, totalling £720 (£520 accommodation; £200 for internal travel). Costs were for MP and a member of my staff.
    2)Flights; cost £2,320
    Destination of visit: Kashmir, Pakistan
    Date of visit: 19-24 February 2011
    Purpose of visit: to meet local politicians, to assess and learn about the situation regarding Kashmir.
    (Registered 4 July 2011)
    9. Shareholdings
    (a) Urban Visions Ltd
    11. Miscellaneous
    In a prize draw held at a parliamentary reception sponsored by BT I won £1,000 of computer equipment, which will be donated by BT to a charity of my choice. (Registered 25 May 2011)
    In the annual parliamentary pool competition sponsored by Riley’s Snooker I won £750 as runner-up, which will be donated by Riley’s Snooker to a charity of my choice. (Registered 20 May 2011)

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