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Gerald Kaufman
Labour MP for Manchester, Gorton
- Also represented Manchester Ardwick
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gerald Kaufman voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. 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 allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Members: Correspondence, Greater Manchester, Manchester, Gorton, Middle East
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)
“It was deeply refreshing to listen to the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr Leigh) make—literally—a reactionary speech. We do not often hear such sentiments openly expressed in the House of Commons. Although the hon. Gentleman claimed that he was seeking to bring us into the real world, he was actually creating a world of fantasy. He gave us two exemplars of countries with lower...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)
“What I would welcome would be for the hon. Gentleman, as parliamentary representative for a university city—the second university as between Oxford and Cambridge, naturally, but not a bad university in its way—to go to his constituency or stand up here and apologise for the deception of the Liberal Democrats on the issue of university fees.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 79 written questions in the last year — above 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 65.33% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 1576 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | £15,962 (410th) | £13,558 (513th) | £21,420 (316th) | £21,634 | £16,085 (458th) | £18,134 (369th) | £13,081 (560th) | £11,197 (joint 536th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £12,348 (524th) | £10,046 (592nd) | £10,408 (616th) | £14,337 | £15,688 (460th) | £16,947 (530th) | £18,207 (262nd) | £6,016 (608th) |
| Staffing costs | £89,006 (464th) | £80,531 (524th) | £76,517 (533rd) | £64,333 | £57,099 (628th) | £57,718 (615th) | £59,107 (543rd) | £36,963 (569th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,607 (45th) | £2,065 (557th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £19,213 (24th)1 | £15,255 (71st)2 | £15,609 (59th)3 | £16,003 | £18,205 (79th) | £15,604 (124th) | £14,794 (148th) | £12,621 (121st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £338 (262nd) | £0 | £0 | £848 (joint 206th with 1 other) | £1,267 (121st) | £0 | £762 (joint 170th with 2 others) |
| 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 | £4,632 (211th) | £849 (290th) | £1,348 (186th) | £1,093 | £1,299 (208th) | £1,381 (joint 144th with 1 other) | £1,294 (219th) | £1,564 (joint 152nd with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,485 (joint 296th with 2 others) | £3,575 (228th) | £3,575 | £2,615 (316th) | £2,719 (joint 302nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £522 (638th) | £289 (636th) | £289 | £1,768 (482nd) | £1,768 (473rd) | £1,480 (549th) | £1,480 (476th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5,678 | £8,167 (25th) | £0 | £11,035 (7th) | £0 |
| Total | £154,767 (268th) | £125,649 (571st) | £129,166 (467th) | £126,942 | £121,774 (364th) | £115,538 (400th) | £118,998 (194th) | £70,603 (596th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,656 (418th). Rail £16,232 (2nd). Air £1,281 (92nd). Misc £44 (206th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,656 (441st). Rail £13,303 (7th). Air £186 (144th). Misc £49 (199th). Other: Rail £61 (143rd).