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Gerry Sutcliffe MP
- Labour MP for Bradford South
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (since 14 Oct 2008)
- Majority: 9,167 votes. — 180th out of 630 MPs.
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gerry Sutcliffe voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted 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 strongly 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 strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against stopping climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prisons
(based on written questions asked by Gerry Sutcliffe and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Community Development: Crosby (19 Nov 2008)
“Through our agencies we have a wide range of programmes that offer young people most at risk of committing antisocial behaviour the opportunity to participate more in sport and culture. These include the Kickz Programme, and the Department's Youth Mentoring Programme for media, music and sport which includes 'Your Hired!' and the 'Respect Athlete Mentoring Programme'. We have not undertaken a...”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Data Protection (19 Nov 2008)
“My Department protects its information by complying with government security standards which are a mix of physical and logical controls. Staff have been reminded of their responsibility to protect and secure information and to not copy sensitive data to removable media unless it is absolutely necessary. If they do they have been reminded that it should be safeguarded as if it was a large...”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Data Protection (19 Nov 2008)
“My Department does not hold large amounts of sensitive data that needs to be shared with suppliers. Payroll information is shared with a supplier and passes across a secure Government Secure Intranet and is not encrypted.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 27 comments on this MP's speeches — well above 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.
- 69 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Gerry Sutcliffe speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 403 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.
| Type | 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 | £20,940 (352nd) | £13,583 | £14,744 (490th) | £15,085 (470th) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £15,484 (joint 297th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £19,596 (400th) | £19,467 | £17,438 (386th) | £18,791 (joint 238th) | £17,911 (387th) | £13,584 (393rd) |
| Staffing Allowance | £86,913 (205th) | £79,240 | £66,521 (joint 489th) | £65,688 (430th) | £56,111 (578th) | £41,943 (471st) |
| Members' Travel | £13,651 (97th)* | £12,077 | £11,552 (281st) | £11,580 (263rd) | £9,926 (327th) | £5,878 (430th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £2,916 (11th) | £1,379 | £458 (288th) | £217 (361st) | £680 (215th) | £1,001 (135th) |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £757 (387th) | £401 | £866 (335th) | £647 (434th) | £1,306 (213th) | £514 (joint 544th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,129 (396th) | £1,756 | £1,029 (joint 570th) | £2,327 (joint 352nd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,209 (joint 97th) | £254 | £2,010 (joint 52nd) | £2,010 (joint 48th) | £2,010 (joint 48th) | £2,010 (joint 47th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £3,597 | £10,158 (17th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £148,111 (117th) | £131,754 | £126,394 (268th) | £117,919 (353rd) | £109,193 (411th) | £81,641 (462nd) |
* Car £1,410 (496th). Rail £11,750 (15th). Air £491 (155th).
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- Gerry Sutcliffe's personal website
- Biography (From The Guardian)
- Biography (From Wikipedia)
- Parliamentary career (From The Guardian)
- Election results for Bradford South (From The Guardian)
- Previous candidacies (From The Guardian)
- Contact details (From The Guardian)
- General information (From BBC News)
Nearby constituencies
- Bradford West (4 miles)
- Bradford North (4 miles)
- Batley & Spen (4 miles)
- Halifax (5 miles)
- Pudsey (6 miles)
Other offices held in the past
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Minister for Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (7 Oct 2008 to 14 Oct 2008)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport (28 Jun 2007 to 7 Oct 2008)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice (9 May 2007 to 28 Jun 2007)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office (8 May 2006 to 9 May 2007)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs), Department of Trade and Industry (18 May 2005 to 8 May 2006)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers), Department for Productivity, Energy and Industry (11 May 2005 to 18 May 2005)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers), Department of Trade and Industry (13 Jun 2003 to 11 May 2005)
- Vice Chamberlain, HM Household (12 Jun 2001 to 13 Jun 2003)
- Assistant Whip (funded by HM Treasury) (28 Jul 1999 to 11 Jun 2001)
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