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Gerry Sutcliffe
Labour MP for Bradford South
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (since 14 Oct 2008)
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1994 — unknown
- Majority: 9,167 votes. — 180th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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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 very 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 moderately for laws to stop 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)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Patents Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Employment Relations Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Animal Health Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Tax Credits Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sport: Essex (1 Jul 2009)
“Sport England have advised that the total projected investment in sport in Essex and Castle Point cannot be determined at this point. Sport England has recently invested £120 million in national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport to deliver grassroots sport in the community for the period 2009-10. The NGBs are defining what they need for their sport at a national, regional and sub-...”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sports: Public Participation (1 Jul 2009)
“There is a cross-departmental commitment to get 2 million more people more active, with my Department, through Sport England, primarily responsible for getting 1 million more people playing more sport as part of this. Activities are included within this 1 million target on the basis that they are recognised as sports by the Home Country Sports Councils, and that each can be performed at least...”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Billing (25 Jun 2009)
“Interest payments made by all our non-departmental public bodies under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 are not recorded centrally, and therefore can be identified only at disproportionate cost.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 19 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.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- 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 with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 35 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") 517 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £11,640 (536th) | £20,940 (352nd) | £13,583 | £14,744 (490th) | £15,085 (470th) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £15,484 (joint 297th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £19,854 (248th) | £19,596 (400th) | £19,467 | £17,438 (386th) | £18,791 (joint 238th) | £17,911 (387th) | £13,584 (393rd) |
| Staffing Allowance | £89,101 (266th) | £86,913 (205th) | £79,240 | £66,521 (joint 489th) | £65,688 (430th) | £56,111 (578th) | £41,943 (471st) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,003 (462nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,661 (64th)* | £13,651 (97th)** | £12,077 | £11,552 (281st) | £11,580 (263rd) | £9,926 (327th) | £5,878 (430th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,680 (39th) | £2,916 (11th) | £1,379 | £458 (288th) | £217 (361st) | £680 (215th) | £1,001 (135th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £635 (joint 185th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £419 (537th) | £757 (387th) | £401 | £866 (335th) | £647 (434th) | £1,306 (213th) | £514 (joint 544th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £615 (602nd) | £2,129 (396th) | £1,756 | £1,029 (joint 570th) | £2,327 (joint 352nd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,415 (60th) | £1,209 (joint 97th) | £254 | £2,010 (joint 52nd) | £2,010 (joint 48th) | £2,010 (joint 48th) | £2,010 (joint 47th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £3,597 | £10,158 (17th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £146,023 (335th) | £148,111 (117th) | £131,754 | £126,394 (268th) | £117,919 (353rd) | £109,193 (411th) | £81,641 (462nd) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,316 (363rd). Rail £12,981 (9th). Air £171 (150th). Misc £102 (158th). Other: Rail £91 (124th).
** Car £1,410 (496th). Rail £11,750 (15th). Air £491 (155th).