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Gerry Sutcliffe
Labour MP for Bradford South
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1994 — unknown
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gerry Sutcliffe voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. 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 ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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, Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Health, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Horse Racing, Bribery, State Pension Age: Women, Horse Racing: Bookmakers, Davinder Singh Bhullar
(based on written questions asked by Gerry Sutcliffe and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (3 out of 9)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Patents Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Employment Relations Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
- Animal Health Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
- Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber (24 May 2012)
“Disappearance of Mr Illias Ali – Gerry Sutcliffe. ”
- Sittings of the House (1 May): Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords] (30 Apr 2012)
“I am a former Sports Minister who sat on the Olympic Board, and a former consumer Minister who had to deal with the issue of Sunday trading. I wonder whether my hon. Friend knows the origin of the motivation for this proposal. I certainly never heard anyone call for it during my time on the board, and when, as consumer Minister, I talked to organisations such as the Association of Convenience...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Ministerial Code (Culture Secretary) (30 Apr 2012)
“The permanent secretary will not be giving evidence to the Leveson inquiry, so when will parliamentarians have the opportunity to question him on the role he played? This is a very important issue, and DCMS has been used to these issues before, so when will parliamentarians have the opportunity to know exactly what the permanent secretary’s advice was and when it was given, and is the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below 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 67.88% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 38 annotations 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 576 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 – 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 | £15,079 (425th) | £11,640 (536th) | £20,940 (352nd) | £13,583 | £14,744 (490th) | £15,085 (470th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,484 (joint 297th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £17,945 (316th) | £19,854 (248th) | £19,596 (400th) | £19,467 | £17,438 (386th) | £18,791 (joint 238th with 4 others) | £17,911 (387th) | £13,584 (393rd) |
| Staffing costs | £94,218 (354th) | £89,101 (266th) | £86,913 (205th) | £79,240 | £66,521 (joint 489th with 1 other) | £65,688 (430th) | £56,111 (578th) | £41,943 (471st) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,868 (314th) | £5,003 (462nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £18,236 (36th)1 | £15,661 (64th)2 | £13,651 (97th)3 | £12,077 | £11,552 (281st) | £11,580 (263rd) | £9,926 (327th) | £5,878 (430th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,899 (23rd) | £1,680 (39th) | £2,916 (11th) | £1,379 | £458 (288th) | £217 (361st) | £680 (215th) | £1,001 (135th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £422 (214th) | £635 (joint 185th with 1 other) | 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 | £2,969 (joint 378th with 1 other) | £419 (537th) | £757 (387th) | £401 | £866 (335th) | £647 (434th) | £1,306 (213th) | £514 (joint 544th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £615 (602nd) | £2,129 (396th) | £1,756 | £1,029 (joint 570th with 1 other) | £2,327 (joint 352nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,415 (60th) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £254 | £2,010 (joint 52nd with 6 others) | £2,010 (joint 48th with 6 others) | £2,010 (joint 48th with 6 others) | £2,010 (joint 47th with 6 others) | |
| Other Costs | £1,067 (82nd) | £0 | £0 | £3,597 | £10,158 (17th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £160,702 (188th) | £146,023 (335th) | £148,111 (117th) | £131,754 | £126,394 (268th) | £117,919 (353rd) | £109,193 (411th) | £81,641 (462nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,245 (350th). Rail £15,626 (3rd). Air £92 (158th). Misc £259 (116th). Other: Rail £14 (166th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,316 (363rd). Rail £12,981 (9th). Air £171 (150th). Misc £102 (158th). Other: Rail £91 (124th).
3 Car £1,410 (496th). Rail £11,750 (15th). Air £491 (155th).