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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 introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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 strongly for equal gay rights. 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 the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. 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, Trade and Industry, Work and Pensions, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Domestic Visits, Bulgaria, Legal Services Review, Regional Government, Animal Welfare

(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 1)
• Pensions Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Finance Bill Committee (9 out of 14)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• 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

Business of the House (9 Feb 2012)

“Is it possible to have a debate on the excessive inventiveness of the Prime Minister? I am thinking in particular of yesterday’s Prime Minister’s questions in which he referred to the national health service on two occasions and got his facts completely wrong.”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Drinks (9 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many bottles from the Government wine cellar have been sold in the last year; and how much revenue has been generated by such sales in the last year.”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Drinks (9 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what date he expects the Government wine cellar to be self-financing.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — below 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 75.27% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 295 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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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.

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).