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Nick Ainger

Labour MP for Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire

• Also represented Pembroke

• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
• Majority: 1,910 votes. — 548th 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 Nick Ainger voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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 very 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 very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Treasury Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Treasury, Defence, Transport, Home Department, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Revenue and Customs: Wales, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Oil: Commodity Markets, Departmental Land, Paye

(based on written questions asked by Nick Ainger and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Waste and Emissions Trading Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Water Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of n/a)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Animal Health Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion): Schedule 22 — Repeals (27 Oct 2009)

“As the coastal path goes through the constituency of the right hon. Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer) he will learn the huge benefits that will flow from it, as I have in my constituency where the 187 miles of the Pembrokeshire coastal path is seen as a huge economic benefit to the area as well as an opportunity for people to see some of the best maritime scenery not only in this...”

Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Action Task Force (21 Jul 2009)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress is being made by the Financial Action Task Force of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in its work on effective due diligence by banks and the ending of secrecy on beneficial ownership of companies and trusts; and if he will make a statement.”

Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Services Authority (21 Jul 2009)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps the Financial Services Authority is taking to ensure that UK-regulated banks are compliant with requirements on due diligence to prevent funds from corrupt sources entering the UK; (2) what powers the Financial Services Authority has in respect of UK-regulated banks in the event of their failure to carry out effective due diligence on...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium 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 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
• 71 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Nick Ainger speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 236 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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 £5,413 (77th). Rail £1,245 (406th). Misc £254 (108th).

^** Car £3,387 (292nd).