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Hazel Blears
Labour MP for Salford
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 7,945 votes. — 76th 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 Hazel Blears 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 strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against 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
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Health, Children, Schools and Families, Cabinet Office, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Health Services: Salford, Work Capability Assessment: Complaints, Employment and Support Allowance: Mentally Ill, Eyesight: Testing, New Deal for Young People: Salford
(based on written questions asked by Hazel Blears and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (3 Feb 2010) has video
“The hon. Lady has started her contribution with a lot of talk about certainty. I am sure that she would welcome my excellent Labour council's decision to give our community certainty with a council tax freeze. She is right that certainty is important for families and councils, so will she tell us here and now when her council tax freeze will start, when it will end and how it will be paid...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (3 Feb 2010) has video
“The hon. Lady's party has said that it would fund the council tax freeze partly by abolishing unelected regional tiers of government, so she has to be straightforward and honest. Will she fund the council tax freeze by abolishing excellent bodies such as the Northwest Development Agency? Again, we have a right to know.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment: Complaints (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints have been made to her Department on a work capability assessment since the introduction of the employment and support allowance.”
More of Hazel Blears's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 20 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 34 annotations 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.
- 132 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Hazel Blears speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 830 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register
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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 | £17,352 (373rd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,385 | £20,808 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £18,748 (330th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,609 (joint 275th with 2 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £13,766 (joint 481st with 1 other) | £18,636 (312th) | £29,245 (7th) | £17,110 | £16,922 (413th) | £13,709 (597th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £11,592 (475th) |
| Staffing costs | £80,765 (563rd) | £92,407 (114th) | £74,397 (565th) | £82,104 | £66,457 (508th) | £64,272 (joint 490th with 1 other) | £61,774 (455th) | £46,715 (290th) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,554 (111th) | £8,518 (307th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,925 (52nd)3 | £13,603 (113th)2 | £12,637 (119th)1 | £10,437 | £12,022 (271st) | £11,262 (280th) | £10,706 (295th) | £8,485 (298th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £180 (292nd) | £0 | £623 (194th) | £581 | £3,416 (18th) | £1,356 (118th) | £1,538 (90th) | £1,260 (99th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,043 (115th) | £2,953 (34th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,271 (343rd) | £912 (255th) | £2,731 (53rd) | £634 | £1,415 (185th) | £939 (284th) | £358 (600th) | £1,750 (109th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,382 (190th) | £10,392 (32nd) | £1,588 | £2,399 (347th) | £3,840 (177th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,297 (joint 187th with 2 others) | £1,090 (joint 258th with 10 others) | £0 | £1,925 (joint 258th with 2 others) | £1,925 (joint 253rd with 2 others) | £1,925 (joint 247th with 2 others) | £1,925 (joint 234th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £9,524 (17th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £153,380 (288th) | £164,791 (46th) | £153,225 (62nd) | £131,839 | £126,982 (255th) | £117,625 (359th) | £115,784 (260th) | £88,466 (336th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,020 (518th). Rail £12,384 (14th). Air £170 (151st). Misc £29 (214th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £720 (524th). Rail £13,141 (16th). Air £1,751 (84th). Misc £73 (178th). Other: Mileage £240 (30th).
1 Car £1,480 (489th). Rail £10,995 (24th). Air £162 (218th).