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Geoff Hoon
Labour MP for Ashfield
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Majority: 10,213 votes. — 192nd out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Geoff Hoon voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
This MP is not currently on any select or public bill committee and has had no written questions answered for which we know the department or subject.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Billing (3 Jun 2009)
“The Department for Transport has only started to hold separate records for late payment of commercial debts since 2008-09. The interest cost for this year was £84,000. Information for the previous two years could be provided only at a disproportionate cost as the interest charge are not held separately for those years. The following agencies have not paid interest charges in the last...”
- Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Conditions of Employment (3 Jun 2009)
“The flexible benefits business plan is a confidential document so it would not be appropriate for it to be placed in the House Library. However, we estimate that the level of take-up required to break even with the scheme is about 2 per cent. over three years.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Security (3 Jun 2009)
“Information on breaches of security for the last five years for Department for Transport Agencies is not held centrally. The Department and its agencies report all significant personal data security breaches to the Cabinet Office and the ICO. Information on personal data security breaches is published on an annual basis in the Department's annual resource accounts as was announced in the Data...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 78 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 1739 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £21,995 (261st) | £14,921 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £14,162 (430th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £764 (114th) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £18,263 (334th) | £27,837 (44th) | £27,590 | £19,325 (joint 11th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £17,417 (455th) | £23,027 (104th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £65,379 (623rd) | £63,876 (618th) | £64,472 | £53,830 (633rd) | £41,807 (654th) | £36,955 (656th) | £30,125 (630th) |
| Communications Allowance | £18,651 (6th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,249 (joint 284th)* | £6,297 (383rd)** | £4,351 | £3,042 (591st) | £3,753 (568th) | £5,034 (527th) | £4,953 (joint 470th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £343 (joint 258th) | £0 | £398 | £660 (246th) | £128 (joint 400th) | £121 (joint 408th) | £110 (joint 399th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £465 (220th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £318 (575th) | £531 (519th) | £1,143 | £365 (564th) | £37 (650th) | £824 (joint 420th) | £0 |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,414 (488th) | £2,050 (407th) | £3,997 | £2,229 (370th) | £70 (649th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,240 (joint 273rd) | £1,248 (63rd) | £570 | £1,786 (joint 470th) | £1,786 (joint 462nd) | £1,539 (524th) | £1,216 (522nd) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £137,405 (444th) | £123,834 (520th) | £117,442 | £102,139 (603rd) | £86,713 (639th) | £82,376 (641st) | £74,820 (joint 548th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,708 (238th). Rail £4,521 (209th). Other: Rail £20 (182nd).