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Andrew Smith
Labour MP for Oxford East
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Smith voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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 a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. 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 introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Palestinians: International Assistance, Incinerators: Hazardous Substances, Detention Centres, Sudan: Politics and Government, Incinerators: Health Hazards
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Smith and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 16)
- Finance Bill Committee (1 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Uganda (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will arrange for officials in his Department to discuss with the Wake Up Ministries charity reports of the rape of a child whose education it sponsors in eastern Uganda; and if he will make representations to the Government of Uganda on this issue.”
- Sittings of the House (1 May): Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords] (30 Apr 2012)
“In the light of that answer, what sort of assurance can the Secretary of State give the House that the Bill, or the experience of deregulated trading during the Olympics, will not be used as a Trojan horse to introduce wider deregulation measures? Will he promise the House that that will not happen?”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances: Overseas Students (26 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what deadline her Department has set for completing the process of transferring to Sheffield all Tier 4 applications remaining in Croydon.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 104 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 78.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 739 times in debates — well 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 | £9,276 (524th) | £13,306 (516th) | £21,657 (295th) | £18,164 | £20,817 (234th) | £20,331 (joint 159th with 3 others) | £19,379 (336th) | £15,188 (334th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £706 (122nd) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £18,643 (287th) | £24,257 (64th) | £24,328 (112th) | £21,440 | £19,237 (178th) | £18,782 (joint 266th with 3 others) | £17,698 (423rd) | £20,253 (160th) |
| Staffing costs | £102,731 (90th) | £86,349 (368th) | £83,308 (359th) | £82,561 | £70,046 (380th) | £60,672 (589th) | £61,977 (436th) | £41,307 (488th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,311 (290th) | £10,869 (79th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,883 (549th)1 | £3,358 (541st)2 | £3,916 (527th)3 | £3,592 | £3,608 (578th) | £1,229 (629th) | £1,511 (628th) | £3,314 (548th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £73 (357th) | £45 (414th) | £160 (joint 346th with 1 other) | £111 | £198 (joint 366th with 1 other) | £155 (386th) | £34 (456th) | £154 (374th) |
| 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 | £6,558 (79th) | £1,811 (46th) | £2,883 (46th) | £1,584 | £1,803 (131st) | £1,016 (joint 246th with 1 other) | £1,229 (238th) | £756 (joint 426th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,188 (47th) | £8,606 (46th) | £4,582 | £5,099 (137th) | £2,770 (291st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,482 (25th) | £1,267 (57th) | £0 | £1,919 (joint 271st with 1 other) | £1,919 (joint 267th with 1 other) | £1,919 (joint 262nd with 1 other) | £1,919 (joint 248th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £1,329 (77th) | £5,724 (24th) | £0 | £0 | £10,956 (14th) | £877 (67th) | £4,200 (37th) | £0 |
| Total | £150,804 (322nd) | £152,389 (230th) | £146,125 (150th) | £132,034 | £134,389 (121st) | £109,325 (517th) | £109,474 (405th) | £84,118 (430th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,772 (289th). Rail £56 (571st). Misc £55 (195th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,091 (288th). Rail £206 (536th). Misc £61 (188th).