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Harriet Harman

Labour MP for Camberwell & Peckham

• Also represented Peckham; Southwark Peckham
• Minister of State, Government Equalities Office (since 3 Dec 2007)
  Lord Privy Seal, House of Commons (since 28 Jun 2007)

• Entered Parliament on 28 October 1982 — unknown
• Majority: 13,483 votes. — 17th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Harriet Harman voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for 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 very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted 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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (since 4 Nov 2009)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee (since 29 Sep 2008)
• Chairman, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (since 20 Aug 2008)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (28 out of n/a)
• Sexual Offences Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)

“The business for next week is as follows: Monday 9 November—Consideration of Lords amendments to the Coroners and Justice Bill. Tuesday 10 November—Consideration of Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill, followed by consideration of Lords amendments to the Health Bill [ Lords], followed by, if necessary, consideration of Lords amendments to the Local Democracy, Economic...”

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)

“I have undertaken to the House that we will bring forward the motion as soon as possible to endorse your choice, Mr. Speaker, of Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as the chair of the new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. Notification to the House will be made in the normal way. On the issue of decisions that need to be taken by the House and those that would need legislative change, it...”

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Some 200,000 businesses have been able to defer payment of tax and stay in business through the difficult economic times, and that has saved jobs. If those firms had been put out of business because they had been made insolvent by HMRC, that would have cost jobs. Then there is the temporary 2.5 per cent. VAT cut, which helped the economy, and that has helped jobs. We...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 61 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 3 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 75% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 213 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.
• 111 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Harriet Harman speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1707 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £232 (577th). Other: Rail £121 (107th).