This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
George Galloway MP
- Respect MP for Bethnal Green & Bow
- Changed party from Labour on 23 Oct 2003
- Majority: 823 votes. — 592nd out of 630 MPs.
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Email me whenever George Galloway speaks (no more than once per day)
- Help us add video by matching a speech by George Galloway
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How George Galloway voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for stopping climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Defence, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Engagements, Jericho Monitoring Mission, Electoral System, Iraq, Military Exports (Israel)
(based on written questions asked by George Galloway and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Scotland: Football: Racial Discrimination (11 Nov 2008)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will hold discussions with the Scottish Executive on recent instances of anti-Irish racism at football matches involving Scottish clubs; and if he will make a statement.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Financial Stability (8 Oct 2008) has video
“When the Liberals sound like Labour and the Conservatives like communists, the kaleidoscope has definitely been shaken—but while the pieces are in flux, why do we not reorder this world? What is so wrong about the taxpayer having a seat in the boardroom? Fifty thousand million pounds will buy a chair in any boardroom in the world. It would be taxation without representation, and will...”
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 10% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 20 comments on this MP's speeches — well above 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.
- 487 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever George Galloway speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 48 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees for hosting a radio show every Friday and Saturday night on Talk Sport Radio. (£100,001-£105,000)
Weekly column in Scottish Daily Record (from 25 June 2007) (£25,001-£30,000)
Fee for presenting Realdeal television programme on Press TV. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 16 June 2008)
Fee for speaking engagement for Chartered Institute of Housing, November 2007. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 16 June 2008)
6. Overseas visits
23-29 July 2007, to New Zealand as a guest of 'Voices of Peace', who paid for transport and four nights in Auckland. (Registered 16 June 2008)
26-30 August 2007, to Bridgetown, Barbados, to attend a conference on slavery organised by the Prime Minister of Barbados through the organisation 'Global Peace', who paid for transport and three nights' hotel accommodation in Bridgetown. (Registered 16 June 2008)
14-16 November 2007, to Istanbul, to attend a conference on Palestine, organised by the Arab National Conference, who paid for transport and two nights' hotel accommodation in Istanbul. (Registered 16 June 2008)
18-21 November 2007, to Amman. Return flight to Amman and two nights in a boarding house in Karak to observe the Jordanian parliamentary election in the city of Karak, paid for by Mr Fawaz Zureikat. (Registered 30 January 2008)
12-16 January 2008, to the Cayman Islands, as a guest of the Cayman Islands Celtic Supporters' Club, who paid for flights and accommodation. (Registered 30 January 2008)
16-22 March 2008, to Bahrain, to attend a fundraising event under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Bahrain organised by the Bahrain-Palestine Support Society, who paid for transport and two nights' hotel accommodation in Manama, as well as an onward flight to Abu Dhabi and Dubai (for a trip where I met the all the costs myself.) (Registered 16 June 2008)
12-15 May 2008, to Jordan, to attend a meeting organised by the Union of Professional Associations of Jordan, who paid for transport and two nights' hotel accommodation in Amman. (Registered 16 June 2008)
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Miranda Media Ltd, which receives my income as a journalist, author and public speaker.
Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £0 | £0 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £17,150 (408th) | £18,900 (joint 371st) | £5,000 (604th) |
| London Supplement | £2,712 (joint 1st) | £2,360 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £13,718 (573rd) | £6,176 | £10,660 (595th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £16,899 (483rd) | £60 (656th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £89,700 (75th) | £97,809 | £86,198 (12th) | £59,007 (600th) | £72,310 (joint 1st) | £63,644 (8th) |
| Members' Travel | £0* | £199 | £4,903 (539th) | £7,236 (429th) | £9,748 (332nd) | £12,618 (122nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £304 | £1,856 (87th) | £1,581 (91st) | £699 (213th) | £443 (261st) |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £259 (617th) | £182 | £252 (joint 615th) | £259 (611th) | £705 (joint 468th) | £1,227 (254th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £163 (634th) | £0 | £1,640 (471st) | £1,738 (457th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,058 (joint 320th) | £0 | £1,823 (432nd) | £1,823 (425th) | £1,781 (444th) | £1,781 (388th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £16,838 (3rd) | £0 | £5,717 (24th) | £0 |
| Total | £107,610 (611th) | £107,030 | £145,072 (46th) | £107,593 (541st) | £126,759 (54th) | £84,773 (joint 414th) |
Click on the platypus!
Did you know this site is run by a charity?
We've just added the Scottish Parliament and more advanced
search options — your donation would enable
us to continue to add new features, such as committees.
Search this person's speeches
More useful links for this person
- George Galloway's personal website
- Biography (From The Guardian)
- Biography (From Wikipedia)
- Newspaper articles written by this MP (From Journalisted)
- Parliamentary career (From The Guardian)
- Election results for Bethnal Green & Bow (From The Guardian)
- Previous candidacies (From The Guardian)
- Contact details (From The Guardian)
- General information (From BBC News)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Nearby constituencies
- Hackney South & Shoreditch (1 miles)
- North Southwark & Bermondsey (2 miles)
- Poplar & Canning Town (2 miles)
- West Ham (3 miles)
- Islington South & Finsbury (3 miles)
Journalist?
Please feel free to use the data on this page, but if you do you must cite TheyWorkForYou.com in the body of your articles as the source of any analysis or data you get off this site. If you ignore this, we might have to start keeping these sorts of records on you...