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Clare Short
Former Independent Labour MP for Birmingham, Ladywood
- Changed party from Labour on 20 Oct 2006
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Majority: 6,801 votes. — 279th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Clare Short voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Members: Correspondence (22 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 9 November and 15 December 2009 regarding Melicia Ann Brown (Home Office reference: B1080260).”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Detention Centres: Children (8 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children (a) entered and (b) left immigration detention between April and December 2009; and how many of those who left detention in that period were (i) deported and (ii) released.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances: Pakistan (8 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the refusal rate was for visitor applications from Islamabad in (a) the latest period for which figures are available and (b) each of the last two years.”
More of Clare Short's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — 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 12.06% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 105 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 996 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: University of Ulster
Address of donor : Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co Londonderry, BT521SA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary graduation at the University of Ulster including travel and two nights accommodation for two people, 28-30 June 2009. Estimated value: £1225.
Date of receipt of donation: 28 June 2009
Date of acceptance of donation: 28 June 2009
Donor status: body founded by Royal Charter with charitable status
(Registered 7 July 2009)
6. Overseas visits
16-18 February 2009, to Sweden, with Ice Energy Heat Pumps Limited, to learn about ground source heat pumps. My flights, accommodation and other expenses were paid by ICE Energy. (Registered 12 March 2009)
22-26 March 2009, to Washington DC, to attend meeting of the Cities Alliance. My flights, accommodation and expenses were paid by the World Bank. (Registered 17 April 2009)
4-6 April 2009, to Nairobi, Kenya, for meeting of the Cities Alliance. My flights, accommodation and other expenses were paid by the World Bank. (Registered 5 May 2009)
Name of donor: World Bank
Address of donor: 1818H Street, NW, Washington DC 20433 USA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,056.73
Destination of visit: Cairo/Alexandria, Egypt
Date of visit: 27-31 May 2009
Purpose of visit: meeting of the Cities Alliance
(Registered 2 July 2009)
Name of donor: African Humanitarian Action
Address of donor: PO Box 110, Code 1250, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,700
Destination of visit: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date of visit: 31 May-3 June 2009
Purpose of visit: meeting of African Humanitarian Action
(Registered 2 July 2009 )
Name of donor: World Bank
Address of donor: 1818H Street, NW, Washington DC 20433 USA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,761.18
Destination of visit: Berlin, Germany
Date of visit: 13-14 July 2009
Purpose of visit: Meeting of the Cities Alliance.
(Registered 11 August 2009)
Name of donor: Palestinian Return Centre
Address of donor: 100H Crown house, London NW10 7PN
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1145
Destination of visit: Gaza
Date of visit: 14-17 January 2010
Purpose of visit: delegation of parliamentarians and others to see the situation on the ground in Gaza
(Registered 25 February 2010)
Name of donor: World Bank
Address of donor: 1818H Street, Washington DC, 20433, USA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3428.12
Destination of visit: Mumbai, India
Date of visit: 18-22 January 2010
Purpose of visit: to attend a meeting of Cities Alliance
(Registered 25 February 2010)
Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. 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 | £10,819 (493rd) | £14,420 (502nd) | £17,780 (450th) | £15,249 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £13,439 (506th) | £17,035 (464th) | £12,358 (504th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £182 (130th) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £5,531 (633rd) | £4,108 (642nd) | £3,451 (642nd) | £3,925 | £3,022 (654th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £8,512 (634th) | £1,191 (654th) |
| Staffing costs | £108,694 (24th) | £105,802 (2nd) | £97,799 (8th) | £89,454 | £84,558 (17th) | £69,864 (194th) | £67,337 (164th) | £43,780 (416th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,264 (326th)1 | £10,664 (201st)2 | £10,040 (211th)3 | £6,626 | £8,116 (417th) | £5,387 (506th) | £896 (641st) | £834 (633rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £386 (192nd) | £93 (joint 379th with 1 other) | £44 (joint 417th with 1 other) | £507 | £191 (371st) | £31 (joint 466th with 1 other) | £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 | £4,926 (191st) | £670 (joint 376th with 1 other) | £1,137 (244th) | £1,260 | £845 (341st) | £857 (joint 325th with 1 other) | £1,443 (173rd) | £858 (387th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,231 (340th) | £3,284 (251st) | £2,557 | £2,050 (399th) | £2,169 (379th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,222 (joint 290th with 3 others) | £873 (joint 577th with 3 others) | £0 | £1,920 (joint 268th with 2 others) | £1,920 (joint 264th with 2 others) | £1,920 (joint 259th with 2 others) | £1,920 (joint 245th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £137,619 (482nd) | £139,210 (417th) | £134,408 (388th) | £119,578 | £121,604 (368th) | £112,648 (474th) | £98,670 (558th) | £62,168 (635th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,944 (378th). Rail £4,453 (212th). Other: Rail £867 (21st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,412 (261st). Rail £6,973 (114th). Other: Rail £279 (66th).