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Lord Davies of Stamford
Labour Peer
- Also represented Grantham and Stamford; Stamford and Spalding
- Changed party from Conservative on 26 Jun 2007
- Entered the House of Lords on 8 July 2010
- Previously MP for Grantham and Stamford until 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Davies of Stamford voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
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- Never rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Committee (7th Day) (1 Feb 2012)
“The noble Lord is extremely kind. Does he agree that the best way of looking at this situation is to try to find the least undesirable possibility, or a less undesirable possibility, of a whole lot of very undesirable possibilities? Those are the only possibilities that exist. It would be lovely if legal aid was universally available for civil justice, and there were people in the 1940s who...”
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Committee (7th Day) (1 Feb 2012)
“My Lords, I was not intending to intervene in this part of the debate, but I was absolutely fascinated by what the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, said. He has done a great service to the House and to the country by bringing forward this matter for parliamentary debate. I am going to disagree with what he actually said, but had he not taken the initiative, we would all have been the poorer. We would...”
- EU Council — Statement (31 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, it is at least reassuring that the Prime Minister now appears to be conducting our diplomacy in the EU in a cool, calm and reasoned fashion, although it is very worrying that we shall not, apparently, even be in the room as observers when the 25 meet regularly from now on. However, I sincerely congratulate the Government on their contribution to the achievement of the single market...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has spoken in 63 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68.05% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- People have made 15 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 814 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 113 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (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 | £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)1 | £8,627 (269th)2 | £9,965 (218th)3 | £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) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,928 (46th). Rail £3,769 (251st). Other: European £232 (128th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,816 (230th). Rail £3,551 (259th). Other: Rail £89 (126th). European £1,171 (41st).
3 Car £6,436 (51st). Rail £2,794 (275th). European £735 (60th).