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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 moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education, Attorney-General
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Olympic Games 2012, Horse Racing, Bribery, State Pension Age: Women, Horse Racing: Bookmakers
(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)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Employment Relations Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Patents Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
- Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
- Animal Health Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: EU Council and Woolwich (3 Jun 2013)
“The whole of the communities that make up Bradford condemn the killing of Lee Rigby and I am heartened today that the Prime Minister has talked about the searching questions that need to be asked about the variety of bodies in which there is radicalism. We need more than a tick-box exercise, and I know it will be more than that. We need to get to the heart of the problem, and to do so...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (3 Jun 2013)
“We look forward to the Prime Minister’s statement on Woolwich, but when the extremism taskforce is put together, will the Minister look at the lessons learned from Bradford and west Yorkshire following the 7/7 bombings? I know he will be pleased that the whole Bradford community has condemned without fail what happened in Woolwich, and that is a great thing. Some great lessons were...”
- Points of Order (23 Apr 2013)
“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. In fact, I wish to make the same point that my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) made a few moments ago. There is a great deal of concern about the lack of transparency on that issue, and we look forward to finding a way of getting to the bottom of what happened.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 6 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 68.84% 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") 585 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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).