David Hanson’s voting in Parliament

David Hanson is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, David Hanson sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• David Hanson generally voted for university tuition fees, while most Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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David Hanson has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Prison Safety — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 15 Sep 2016

  I will try, forensically, to tie the Minister down to something. In his response, he mentioned that we have had a net increase of 300 prison officers since January, on recruitment of 3,300. Given the fall of 7,000 since 2010, what is the number that he expects to recruit—net—in the next one, two and three years so as to return to some level of increased staffing?

• Prison Safety — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 15 Sep 2016

  Will the Minister define what he means by adequate? What prisoner-staff ratio is the Ministry of Justice aiming for?

• Prison Safety — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 15 Sep 2016

  I echo the support for the Chairman of the Justice Committee, the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill), for helping to steer the members of the Committee to produce this report on a very important issue. Prison safety is important for the people who are arrested and sentenced and are in the state’s care in prison. It is also an extremely important issue for those who...

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Profile

Labour MP for Delyn

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

• Maiden speech
• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Home Office
• Treasury
• Justice
• Ministry of Justice
• Police and Crime Commissioners
• Passports
• Immigration Controls
• Borders: Personal Records
• Asylum

Currently held offices

• Member, Justice Committee (since 26 Oct 2015)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 14 Oct 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (since 18 Sep 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee) (5 Nov 2015 to 11 Feb 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (7 Oct 2011 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Minister of State (Home Office) (Crime and Policing) (9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (9 May 2007 to 5 Jun 2009)
• The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (5 May 2005 to 5 Apr 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Tony Blair, Prime Minister), Prime Minister's Office (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (29 Jul 1999 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (28 Jul 1998 to 29 Jul 1999)
• Member, Public Service Committee (23 Oct 1996 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 15 Jan 1996)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Keith Raffan

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Chairman, High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Chairman, Childcare Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Chairman, High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Chairman, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Chairman, High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Immigration Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Crime and Courts Bill Committee (13 out of 13)
• Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Crime and Security Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

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• Has spoken in 103 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all David Hanson’s speeches
• Has received answers to 113 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 72.32% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 62 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on David Hanson’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 957 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)