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Wayne David
Labour MP for Caerphilly
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Wayne David voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Wales, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Trade and Industry, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Domestic Visits, UK Membership of EU, Personal Independence Payment, Bulgaria, Legal Services Review
(based on written questions asked by Wayne David and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Pensions Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Finance Bill Committee (9 out of 14)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
- Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (32 out of 39)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 16)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Electoral Commission Committee: Individual Electoral Registration (16 May 2013)
“What progress the Electoral Commission is making on preparations for the full confirmation test in the transition to individual electoral registration.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Electoral Commission Committee: Individual Electoral Registration (16 May 2013)
“Does the Electoral Commission agree that there is real concern out there about the IT system that is being used in the process of confirmation, and that it is very important to allow sufficient time for the transition to IER to ensure that things are done properly?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: National Transport Infrastructure (M4) (15 May 2013)
“Will the Government introduce road tolls on the new M4 relief road?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 74 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 21 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 79.03% 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 394 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £14,243 (447th) | £22,700 (248th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £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 | £17,787 (323rd) | £13,171 (511th) | £18,158 (467th) | £25,868 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,783 (joint 264th with 1 other) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £33,340 (21st) |
| Staffing costs | £100,709 (138th) | £97,670 (36th) | £88,125 (113th) | £78,130 | £66,458 (joint 496th with 11 others) | £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) | £63,788 (joint 346th with 11 others) | £38,350 (543rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,569 (489th) | £547 (587th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,522 (150th)1 | £10,873 (192nd)2 | £10,812 (joint 178th with 1 other)3 | £9,844 | £13,865 (179th) | £11,499 (265th) | £15,102 (139th) | £8,219 (311th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £167 (joint 299th with 1 other) | £319 (272nd) | £574 (206th) | £462 | £960 (joint 191st with 3 others) | £363 (joint 306th with 1 other) | £584 (235th) | £806 (163rd) |
| 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 | £3,416 (328th) | £620 (419th) | £933 (301st) | £900 | £1,061 (267th) | £946 (joint 279th with 1 other) | £1,677 (126th) | £3,263 (15th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,886 (391st) | £1,571 (485th) | £1,906 | £1,779 (441st) | £2,420 (joint 337th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,250 (joint 264th with 3 others) | £1,043 (joint 353rd with 5 others) | £0 | £2,023 (joint 35th with 1 other) | £2,023 (joint 31st with 1 other) | £2,023 (joint 31st with 1 other) | £2,023 (joint 30th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,959 (29th) |
| Total | £152,413 (298th) | £149,036 (285th) | £143,326 (205th) | £138,744 | £126,373 (joint 269th with 1 other) | £120,640 (299th) | £121,130 (144th) | £105,969 (37th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,004 (272nd). Rail £6,449 (121st). Misc £69 (182nd). Other: Rail £32 (144th). European £1,968 (16th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,746 (316th). Rail £6,594 (130th). Misc £59 (191st). Other: European £1,474 (26th).
3 Car £2,379 (380th). Rail £7,699 (75th). European £734 (61st).