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Diana Johnson
Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull North
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Diana Johnson voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Education, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Forensic Science, Insolvency, Domestic Violence, Blood: Contamination, Forensic Science Service
(based on written questions asked by Diana Johnson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (17 May 2012)
“Following the publication of the BBC Trust’s latest savings plans, will the House have an opportunity to debate the plans, particularly the plans for local radio? I ask because there are many excellent local services, including Radio Humberside in my constituency, and this week, the radio show, “Beryl and Betty”, with Beryl Renwick, aged 86, and Betty Smith, aged 90, won the...”
- Energy and Climate Change: Feed-in Tariffs (17 May 2012)
“What assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the feed-in tariff on the number of solar PV installations in the last 12 months.”
- Energy and Climate Change: Feed-in Tariffs (17 May 2012)
“Following the chaotic cut to the feed-in tariff, there has been a 90% fall in solar panel installations, and 6,000 jobs have gone in the industry, including more than 100 in my constituency of Kingston upon Hull North. Does not the Government’s mismanagement and this debacle mean that the industry could be strangled at birth? It also puts at risk investment in the renewables industry,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 114 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 135 written questions in the last year — well above 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 75.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 213 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £17,946 (359th) | £21,640 (307th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,593 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £20,347 (198th) | £20,063 (237th) | £22,059 (182nd) | £21,302 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £103,529 (76th) | £88,052 (313th) | £93,946 (31st) | £72,620 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £7,843 (370th) | £9,872 (joint 174th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,497 (180th)1 | £9,858 (228th)2 | £9,332 (253rd)3 | £8,277 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,446 (46th) | £996 (joint 104th with 1 other) | £2,327 (28th) | £953 | ||||
| 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 | £6,098 (115th) | £1,253 (141st) | £2,243 (80th) | £2,412 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,478 (19th) | £9,637 (37th) | £11,195 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £987 (joint 582nd with 2 others) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £8,310 (14th) | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £167,705 (94th) | £166,509 (35th) | £162,584 (16th) | £139,282 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,629 (305th). Rail £7,280 (101st). Misc £588 (62nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,258 (490th). Rail £7,930 (88th). Misc £670 (54th).
3 Car £3,468 (281st). Rail £4,976 (174th). Other £888 (29th).