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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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- 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 replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. 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)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- 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)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- 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)
Most recent appearances
- Petition — Police Cuts (Humberside) (7 Feb 2012)
“The petition is from my constituents in north Hull, who are concerned about cuts to police in Humberside. I would like to mention in particular Demelza France, a shop worker who collected names at her workplace. The petition states: The Petition of residents of Hull, Declares that the Petitioners believe that the Government has a duty to protect citizens from crime; that the significant...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Funding Settlement (6 Feb 2012)
“The Government have now admitted that they got police funding for London wrong with their U-turn on Metropolitan police funding and a £90 million bung for Boris’s re-election campaign, yet the Met is not the only force facing pressures from the Olympics and other issues. Will the Minister now reverse the cuts to other forces, such as West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Humberside...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 106 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 149 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 75.27% 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") 196 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 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).