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George Galloway
Respect MP for Bradford West
- Also represented Bethnal Green and Bow; Glasgow Kelvin; Glasgow Hillhead
- Changed party from Labour on 23 Oct 2003
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How George Galloway voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Defence, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Engagements, Jericho Monitoring Mission, Entry Clearances: Overseas Students, Electoral System, Iraq
(based on written questions asked by George Galloway and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (18 Apr 2012)
“As I was saying, Mr Speaker, there is an iron-clad consensus across the Front Benches of the three main parties about what they call a mission, but which, given the amount of blood on the ground and the rapidly deteriorating military situation, most of us call a war in Afghanistan. In the wake of Ms Gillard’s decision to accelerate the withdrawal of Australian forces from that war, and...”
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Educational Institutions: Tower Hamlets (9 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many colleges in the London borough of Tower Hamlets had an application for accreditation refused in the last 12 months; (2) how many colleges in the London borough of Tower Hamlets lost their accreditation in the last 12 months.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances: Overseas Students (9 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of private colleges that have closed as a result of a failure to gain Government accreditation as bona fide institutions offering courses for overseas students in the last 12 months.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below 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 35.71% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 24 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 230 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 (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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £17,150 (408th) | £18,900 (joint 371st with 1 other) | £5,000 (604th) |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £1,978 (49th) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,360 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £21,055 (172nd) | £17,721 (358th) | £13,718 (573rd) | £6,176 | £10,660 (595th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £16,899 (483rd) | £60 (656th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,343 (115th) | £94,005 (79th) | £89,700 (75th) | £97,809 | £86,198 (12th) | £59,007 (600th) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £63,644 (8th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,983 (476th) | £10,000 (joint 130th with 10 others) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £199 | £4,903 (539th) | £7,236 (429th) | £9,748 (332nd) | £12,618 (122nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £304 | £1,856 (87th) | £1,581 (91st) | £699 (213th) | £443 (261st) |
| 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 | £43 (642nd) | £47 (640th) | £259 (617th) | £182 | £252 (joint 615th with 1 other) | £259 (611th) | £705 (joint 468th with 2 others) | £1,227 (254th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £485 (joint 619th with 1 other) | £163 (634th) | £0 | £1,640 (471st) | £1,738 (457th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,058 (533rd) | £1,058 (joint 320th with 22 others) | £0 | £1,823 (432nd) | £1,823 (425th) | £1,781 (444th) | £1,781 (388th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £11,096 (8th) | £0 | £0 | £16,838 (3rd) | £0 | £5,717 (24th) | £0 |
| Total | £130,340 (538th) | £136,390 (456th) | £107,610 (611th) | £107,030 | £145,072 (46th) | £107,593 (541st) | £126,759 (54th) | £84,773 (joint 414th with 1 other) |