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Andrew Love
Labour MP for Edmonton
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Love voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. 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 the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, Deputy Prime Minister, Home Department, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Housing, Telephone Advice Lines, Flooding, Burundi, Cyprus
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Love and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Patents Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Co-operatives and CommunityBenefit Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Adoption and Children Bill Committee (21 out of 23)
- Homes Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House: Royal Bank of Scotland (13 Jun 2013)
“The Minister has said quite a bit about the end of the rescue phase, but absolutely nothing about the strategy for selling RBS back into the private sector. I remind him that the Government own 82% of the shares. There have been persistent rumours in the press about the creation of a good bank/bad bank. Will the Minister confirm or deny whether that is actively being considered, and if it is,...”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Colombia (10 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will assess the strength of the evidence base for the accusations made by the Colombian Government that the March for Peace, held across Colombia on 9 April 2013, had been partly organised with money from FARC; and if he will make a statement on the implications for human rights in that country, particularly freedom of...”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Fuels: Prices (4 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had on the development of a policy to offer a stable fuel differential between petrol and diesel and road fuel gases; and if he will make a statement.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 19 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 67.46% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 353 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 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 | £20,119 (275th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £21,538 (308th) | £21,634 | £17,611 (412th) | £19,798 (joint 273rd with 1 other) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,671 (joint 268th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,837 (363rd) | £19,418 (269th) | £26,819 (66th) | £18,976 | £18,185 (342nd) | £17,252 (519th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £25,697 (67th) |
| Staffing costs | £105,274 (50th) | £87,933 (317th) | £82,896 (joint 376th with 1 other) | £81,340 | £77,341 (96th) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £70,133 (73rd) | £44,011 (400th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,921 (134th) | £7,371 (363rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,571 (522nd)1 | £2,520 (569th)2 | £1,816 (593rd)3 | £1,228 | £2,321 (611th) | £1,725 (623rd) | £1,841 (619th) | £1,252 (622nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £21 (joint 425th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £3,665 (306th) | £1,952 (29th) | £1,852 (113th) | £1,874 | £4,121 (30th) | £2,131 (56th) | £2,791 (joint 29th with 1 other) | £2,686 (29th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,046 (54th) | £4,083 (191st) | £5,899 | £10,662 (38th) | £6,067 (75th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,413 (joint 62nd with 3 others) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £1,029 | £1,991 (joint 84th with 2 others) | £1,991 (joint 78th with 2 others) | £1,991 (joint 77th with 2 others) | £1,991 (joint 75th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £160,388 (191st) | £148,757 (292nd) | £140,213 (281st) | £131,980 | £132,232 (144th) | £123,949 (228th) | £114,712 (289th) | £91,308 (250th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,265 (464th). Rail £922 (469th). Other: European £1,384 (32nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,326 (484th). Other: European £1,194 (39th).