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Harry Cohen
Labour MP for Leyton & Wanstead
- Also represented Leyton
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 6,857 votes. — 271st 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 Harry Cohen voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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
- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence, Home Department, Health, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, London Underground, Data Protection, Afghanistan, Departmental Public Appointments
(based on written questions asked by Harry Cohen and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Human Tissue Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum: Rape (1 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) national guidelines and (b) international agreements apply to women seeking asylum who have been rape victims; what account is taken of the provisions of such guidelines and agreements in assessing such applications; in what circumstances such women may be deported if their asylum applications fail; and what (i) support and (ii)...”
- Personal Statement (29 Jan 2010) has video
“I am here to apologise to the House. I do so without proviso. In my statement to the members of the Standards and Privileges Committee, I said that I would concur with whatever decision was made by them, and I stand by my word. There was no intention of wrongdoing on my part, and I am sorry for my assumption that I was eligible to claim as I did, which was wrong. I have two further apologies,...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Records (21 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of paper files held in her Department and its agencies; what the annual cost to each of monitoring a paper filing system is; what consideration she has given to alternative filing arrangements; and whether any changes to present practices are planned.”
More of Harry Cohen's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 151 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 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 73% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 94 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Harry Cohen speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 835 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | £23,961 (69th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,909 (194th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,465 (331st) | £11,341 (562nd) | £19,039 (430th) | £19,821 | £19,061 (joint 225th with 1 other) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £14,284 (371st) |
| Staffing costs | £103,780 (72nd) | £100,494 (14th) | £88,677 (99th) | £81,259 | £77,798 (67th) | £77,985 (2nd) | £72,309 (25th) | £46,142 (312th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,315 (353rd) | £9,027 (279th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,598 (562nd)3 | £2,956 (551st)2 | £3,247 (547th)1 | £2,570 | £4,403 (554th) | £3,280 (582nd) | £3,225 (587th) | £2,081 (594th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £79 (joint 351st with 1 other) | £65 (397th) | £65 (joint 402nd with 1 other) | £72 | £100 (421st) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £132 (314th) | 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 | £1,754 (545th) | £699 (361st) | £519 (523rd) | £534 | £1,811 (130th) | £636 (joint 443rd with 1 other) | £1,593 (145th) | £946 (353rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,109 (223rd) | £1,897 (430th) | £2,047 | £5,434 (123rd) | £949 (573rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,310 (joint 167th with 2 others) | £1,125 (joint 205th with 11 others) | £944 | £1,736 (joint 499th with 1 other) | £1,736 (joint 490th with 1 other) | £1,736 (462nd) | £1,380 (509th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £2,810 (46th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £157,952 (220th) | £155,026 (185th) | £136,679 (344th) | £128,881 | £131,245 (168th) | £123,718 (231st) | £116,819 (237th) | £80,742 (475th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,380 (357th). Misc £16 (239th). Other: Mileage £560 (8th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,291 (339th). Misc £15 (239th). Other: Mileage £292 (24th).