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Alan Whitehead
Labour MP for Southampton, Test
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alan Whitehead voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Deputy Prime Minister, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Green Deal Scheme, Hazardous Waste, Waste Management, Departmental Energy, Waste Disposal
(based on written questions asked by Alan Whitehead and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Local Government Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Energy Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Energy Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Housing Bill Committee (13 out of 19)
- Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
- Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of 31)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Waste and Emissions Trading Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Art Asia (Southampton) (22 May 2012)
“I fully support my right hon. Friend’s comments about the huge respect in which Art Asia is held throughout Southampton and the whole of south Hampshire. It undertakes extensive artistic endeavours and brings ethnic minority art and cultural activities to the region. As I understand it, Southampton city council gave a written assurance of the position of Art Asia’s grants, and...”
- Energy and Climate Change: Nuclear Power (17 May 2012)
“The Minister has mentioned the target of 16 GW by 2025 that the industry states it can provide, but the industry clearly is not in a position to provide that given recent developments. What work has he undertaken to revise his estimate, particularly in relation to the national planning statements, of the number of gigawatts that will be provided over the coming period through nuclear power?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 44 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 77.68% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 425 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | £11,808 (481st) | £14,190 (505th) | £15,391 (501st) | £11,916 | £15,129 (486th) | £11,367 (545th) | £15,046 (520th) | £15,178 (337th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £127 (131st) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £20,318 (200th) | £18,207 (338th) | £19,758 (389th) | £19,514 | £18,606 (301st) | £18,722 (330th) | £17,997 (370th) | £19,301 (189th) |
| Staffing costs | £95,739 (312th) | £90,627 (175th) | £86,256 (242nd) | £72,791 | £68,720 (422nd) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £63,107 (376th) | £45,490 (345th) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,893 (99th) | £10,509 (95th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,087 (442nd)1 | £4,704 (482nd)2 | £4,186 (507th)3 | £3,880 | £5,099 (534th) | £5,508 (503rd) | £4,763 (540th) | £4,191 (507th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £264 (257th) | £99 (joint 373rd with 1 other) | £107 (376th) | £122 | £483 (283rd) | £97 (joint 425th with 2 others) | £208 (joint 374th with 2 others) | £505 (240th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £6,995 (joint 14th with 2 others) | £1,768 (54th) | £1,332 (191st) | £1,006 | £1,876 (121st) | £1,417 (140th) | £825 (419th) | £921 (363rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,186 (211th) | £4,237 (180th) | £2,129 | £4,098 (186th) | £3,628 (192nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,399 (70th) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £333 | £1,979 (joint 105th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 98th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 97th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 94th with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £152,104 (303rd) | £144,689 (355th) | £132,476 (425th) | £111,691 | £115,990 (477th) | £110,868 (499th) | £105,452 (484th) | £88,695 (328th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £804 (515th). Rail £3,174 (276th). Other: Rail £38 (139th). European £1,071 (49th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,118 (508th). Rail £2,911 (296th). Other: Rail £63 (138th). European £612 (92nd).