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Mr Harold Best
Former Labour MP for Leeds North West
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mr Harold Best voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Dentistry (5 Apr 2005)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in Leeds, North-West.”
- Written Answers — Health: Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust (24 Mar 2005)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 21 February 2005, Official Report, column 162W, on Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust, whether the bed occupancy rate for 2003–04 includes patients occupying the beds of other patients on leave.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (23 Mar 2005)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make provision for failed asylum seekers to be given temporary permission to work until they can be returned to their country of origin.”
More of Mr Harold Best's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 56.18% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- 2 people are tracking this MP.
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 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 | £0 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,175 (233rd) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £11,553 (529th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £762 | £16,708 (424th) | £18,316 (427th) | £17,573 (438th) | £10,851 (497th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £11,790 | £67,866 (455th) | £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £44,415 (386th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £239 | £9,365 (357th) | £9,193 (358th) | £9,124 (368th) | £6,409 (403rd) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £956 (joint 195th with 1 other) | £664 (220th) | £798 (197th) | £591 (217th) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £955 (305th) | £637 (442nd) | £918 (joint 372nd with 1 other) | £661 (joint 484th with 1 other) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £2,962 (272nd) | £1,602 (480th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,900 (joint 300th with 2 others) | £1,900 (joint 296th with 2 others) | £1,900 (joint 291st with 2 others) | £1,900 (joint 274th with 2 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £22,262 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £35,053 | £121,614 (367th) | £116,760 (381st) | £112,015 (350th) | £76,380 (533rd) |