A selection of Alan Williams's votes

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• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, between 1999–2007
• Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions
• Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 6 votes for, 5 votes against, between 2003–2007
• Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees Show votes 8 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 1997–2004
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2007

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Recent appearances

• Business of the House: Chair (Terminology) 4 Mar 2010

  It is because those very factors need to be taken into account that the amendment is phrased in a way that makes it an enabling amendment-it does not say that the Speaker "should" recommend such action, but leaves it to the Speaker's discretion. There is no compulsion about it.

• Written Answers — Public Accounts Commission: Illegal Immigrants 4 Mar 2010

  The National Audit Office has not appointed any staff since 2005 later discovered to be illegal immigrants.

• Written Answers — Public Accounts Commission: Trade Unions 4 Mar 2010

  No days were spent on trade union activity in 2009.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Swansea West

Entered the House of Commons on 15 October 1964 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Culture Media and Sport
• Defence
• Education and Skills
• Home Department
• Royal Residences
• Royal Palaces
• Children's Car Seats
• House of Lords: Reform
• Royal Lodge
• Windsor

Other offices held in the past

• Chairman, Liaison Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Chairman, Liaison Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Rees
• Percy Morris
• Lewis Jones
• Howel Samuel
• Walter Runciman
• Howel Samuel
• Alfred Mond

Future MPs in this constituency

• Geraint Davies

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Alan Williams’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 77.80% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 61 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 724 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)