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Wayne David

Labour MP for Caerphilly

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Wales Office (since 6 Oct 2008)

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 15,359 votes. — 47th 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 Wayne David voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Trade and Industry, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Wales, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Bulgaria, Legal Services Review, Regional Government, Animal Welfare, Community Support Officers

(based on written questions asked by Wayne David and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (32 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Pensioner Poverty (11 Nov 2009)

“Government policies since 1997 have significantly reduced pensioner poverty in Wales, and across the United Kingdom. Working closely with the Welsh Assembly Government, our policies will continue to reduce pensioner poverty and promote dignity in later life.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Pensioner Poverty (11 Nov 2009)

“With all due respect, what the hon. Lady has to remember is the tremendous amount of work that has been done by this Government to raise pensioners out of poverty and to help the poorest pensioners. Incidentally, I read the article in The Western Mail that includes quotations from her, and I must tell her that the poorest pensioners are not on £95 a week. Not one pensioner is on less...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Pensioner Poverty (11 Nov 2009)

“I hear what my hon. Friend is saying, and of course, I recognise what terrible diseases pleural plaques represent; constituents of mine have suffered from them. He can be certain that the Government will do everything legally possible to help those people.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well 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 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• 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 82% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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") 197 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,746 (316th). Rail £6,594 (130th). Misc £59 (191st). Other: European £1,474 (26th).

^** Car £2,379 (380th). Rail £7,699 (75th). European £734 (61st).