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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
- 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 replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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 against greater autonomy for schools. 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 very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education, Home Department, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Overseas Aid, Afghanistan: Females, UN Agencies: Finance, International Violence Against Women Champion, Music: Education
(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
- Written Answers — Health: Hospital Beds: Southwark (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were provided for NHS patients in hospitals in the London borough of Southwark in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Health: Hospitals: Greater London (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) Camberwell and Peckham constituency and (b) the London borough of Southwark waited longer than 18 weeks for a consultation for secondary services in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Southwark (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) civilian staff were assigned to duties in the London Borough of Southwark in the last year to March 2012.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 54 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 54.93% 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") 1944 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: NBCUniversal
Address of donor : 76 Oxford Street, London W1D 1BS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets for me and my Chief of Staff to attend the BAFTAs; ceremony and dinner total value £1,300
Date of receipt of donation: 12 February 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 12 February 2012
Donor status: company, registration number 4415234
(Registered 7 March 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Center for American Progress
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, two nights accommodation and some incidental costs for me and two members of my staff; approximate value £3,000. (A third nights accommodation was paid for by the Labour Party.)
Destination of visit: Cairo, Egypt
Date of visit: 25-28 May 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend a conference on employment in Egypt organized by the Center for American Progress
(Registered 6 June 2011)
Name of donor: Save the Children UK
Address of donor: 1 St John’s Lane, Farringdon, London EC1M 4AR
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, three nights’ accommodation and incidental costs for me and a member of my staff; approximate value £3,000
Destination of visit: Sierra Leone
Date of visit: 14-17 June 2011
Purpose of visit: to visit Save the Children’s development projects in Sierra Leone
(Registered 28 June 2011)
Name of donor: Islamic Relief UK
Address of donor: UK Head Office, 16 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London, SE1 7RJ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): cost of internal and external flights for me and a member of my staff met by Islamic Relief, approximate value £5,000. (Two nights’ accommodation for me and a member of my staff was provided by British High Commission, Nairobi, Kenya)
Destination of visit: Kenya
Date of visit: 31 August-3 September 2011
Purpose of visit: Visit to Horn of Africa during famine and droughts in the region to see Aid projects
(Registered 15 September 2011)
8. Land and Property
Part ownership of house in Suffolk.
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 – 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).