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Graham Allen
Labour MP for Nottingham North
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Graham Allen voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Prime Minister, Health, Education and Skills, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Pre-legislative Scrutiny, Correspondence, Focus Group Research, Work Placements
(based on written questions asked by Graham Allen and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (12 out of 15)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (30 out of 32)
- Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Social Mobility Strategy (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the social mobility of poorer children of the work of the ministerial group on the Government's social mobility strategy.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Localism (30 Apr 2012)
“What his policy is on taking localism further towards independence of local government.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Localism (30 Apr 2012)
“The Minister will know that there is a strong and growing all-party campaign in the House and outside for statutorily defined independent local government. Does he think there is something in the DNA of the British people that means that, unlike the Italians, Germans, Americans, Canadians and everyone else in a western democracy, they are incapable of deciding how to run their own affairs...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 10 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 49.36% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 672 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 | £23,935 (73rd) | £22,945 (210th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,896 (joint 209th with 1 other) | £20,332 (joint 153rd with 5 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £17,009 (83rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £17 (joint 121st with 8 others) |
| Office running costs | £25,753 (43rd) | £19,608 (263rd) | £29,140 (joint 12th with 6 others) | £28,400 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,159 (162nd) |
| Staffing costs | £95,486 (319th) | £85,944 (384th) | £75,226 (556th) | £62,673 | £68,765 (420th) | £71,682 (134th) | £65,201 (293rd) | £35,942 (583rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,176 (joint 220th with 1 other) | £16,291 (14th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,590 (148th)1 | £14,771 (81st)2 | £11,196 (160th)3 | £13,762 | £13,550 (196th) | £17,337 (87th) | £18,871 (65th) | £13,007 (106th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,366 (51st) | £1,004 (102nd) | £315 (joint 270th with 3 others) | £1,067 | £1,623 (107th) | £621 (234th) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,622 (28th) | £1,417 (95th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £1,326 (11th) | £1,019 (20th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,942 (46th) | £1,446 (joint 104th with 1 other) | £2,111 (89th) | £2,187 | £5,373 (21st) | £2,412 (41st) | £3,318 (19th) | £1,543 (161st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,462 (21st) | £7,501 (68th) | £9,102 | £21,517 (9th) | £9,969 (26th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,291 (joint 201st with 1 other) | £1,142 (joint 175th with 17 others) | £180 | £1,563 (555th) | £1,563 (541st) | £1,563 (514th) | £1,563 (435th) | |
| Other Costs | £4,292 (47th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £908 (86th) | £0 | £0 | £1,500 (joint 32nd with 4 others) |
| Total | £183,487 (8th) | £171,198 (13th) | £148,741 (106th) | £139,005 | £153,520 (15th) | £142,715 (22nd) | £126,909 (52nd) | £90,740 (274th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,655 (301st). Rail £7,178 (105th). Air £148 (152nd). Misc £896 (43rd). Other: Mileage £52 (71st). European £661 (84th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,981 (220th). Rail £7,052 (112th). Misc £1,440 (16th). Other: European £2,298 (10th).
3 Car £4,038 (235th). Rail £6,499 (114th). European £659 (75th).