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Harriet Harman
Labour MP for Camberwell and Peckham
- Also represented Peckham; Southwark Peckham
- Entered Parliament on 28 October 1982 — unknown
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Harriet Harman voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. 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 moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: International Development, Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Education, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Overseas Aid, Afghanistan: Females, Sexual Offences: Southwark, Arts and Culture, UN Agencies: Finance
(based on written questions asked by Harriet Harman and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
- Sexual Offences Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (28 out of 32)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 May 2013)
“I am sure that everyone is thrilled to see the Deputy Prime Minister and, of course, myself at the Dispatch Box today. This is meant to be Prime Minister’s questions, however, yet once again the Prime Minister is not here. Why is it that out of the last eight Wednesdays, the Prime Minister has answered questions in this House only once?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 May 2013)
“We have all seen what the Prime Minister has been doing in America. He has been on a London bus in New York—something, incidentally, that we do not see him doing a great deal when he is here. He has also been busy explaining to President Obama the benefits of Britain’s membership of the European Union. Why is he able to do that in the White House, but not in this House?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 May 2013)
“It is indeed an important debate, and we have an important vote on an amendment to the Queen’s Speech tonight, but the Prime Minister is out of the country. Can the Deputy Prime Minister help the House? If the Prime Minister were here today, would he be voting for the Government or against the Government, or would he be showing true leadership and abstaining?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 55 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 55.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 228 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") 1974 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £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 | £14,483 (450th) | £9,241 (603rd) | £15,183 (554th) | £11,527 | £18,843 (269th) | £18,791 (joint 238th with 4 others) | £18,205 (266th) | £12,869 (429th) |
| Staffing costs | £107,841 (32nd) | £99,397 (25th) | £92,532 (37th) | £92,554 | £78,016 (61st) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £52,233 (120th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,075 (232nd) | £9,074 (276th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £353 (629th)2 | £0 | £490 | £444 (646th) | £741 (643rd) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £6,456 (91st) | £1,876 (38th) | £1,642 (joint 133rd with 1 other) | £1,198 | £2,370 (81st) | £1,575 (116th) | £1,539 (joint 157th with 1 other) | £1,713 (117th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,774 (joint 154th with 1 other) | £4,410 (169th) | £4,524 | £9,030 (57th) | £8,000 (40th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,158 (joint 400th with 2 others) | £973 (joint 454th with 10 others) | £0 | £1,983 (102nd) | £1,983 (96th) | £1,983 (95th) | £1,983 (93rd) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £179 (65th) |
| Total | £141,772 (429th) | £127,685 (554th) | £117,452 (573rd) | £112,906 | £112,304 (522nd) | £107,649 (539th) | £95,564 (586th) | £70,204 (601st) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £232 (577th). Other: Rail £121 (107th).