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Hazel Blears
Labour MP for Salford and Eccles
- Also represented Salford
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Hazel Blears voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department, Justice, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Education, Reparation By Offenders, Dementia, Counter-terrorism: Finance, Social Services
(based on written questions asked by Hazel Blears and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (10 out of 23)
- NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Care Homes (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the effect of not increasing the means test capital limit for residential care on (a) businesses, (b) charities and (c) voluntary bodies in the sector; (2) what savings have accrued from maintaining the means test capital limit for residential care at the same level since 2010.”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Sudan (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the treatment of the Nuba people in South Kordofan, Sudan.”
- Written Answers — Health: Care Homes (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people were in receipt of free residential care on the most recent date for which figures are available; (2) if he will estimate the level of the means test capital limit for those requiring residential care if it had been increased in line with inflation since 2010; (3) whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment in...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 74 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 56.39% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 37 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") 894 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | £17,352 (373rd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,385 | £20,808 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £18,748 (330th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,609 (joint 275th with 2 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £13,766 (481st) | £18,636 (312th) | £29,245 (7th) | £17,110 | £16,922 (413th) | £13,709 (597th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £11,592 (475th) |
| Staffing costs | £80,765 (564th) | £92,407 (114th) | £74,397 (565th) | £82,104 | £66,457 (508th) | £64,272 (joint 490th with 1 other) | £61,774 (455th) | £46,715 (290th) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,554 (111th) | £8,518 (307th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,925 (52nd)1 | £13,603 (113th)2 | £12,637 (119th)3 | £10,437 | £12,022 (271st) | £11,262 (280th) | £10,706 (295th) | £8,485 (298th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £180 (292nd) | £0 | £623 (194th) | £581 | £3,416 (18th) | £1,356 (118th) | £1,538 (90th) | £1,260 (99th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,043 (115th) | £2,953 (34th) | 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 | £3,271 (343rd) | £912 (255th) | £2,731 (53rd) | £634 | £1,415 (185th) | £939 (284th) | £358 (600th) | £1,750 (109th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,382 (190th) | £10,392 (32nd) | £1,588 | £2,399 (347th) | £3,840 (177th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,297 (joint 187th with 2 others) | £1,090 (joint 258th with 10 others) | £0 | £1,925 (joint 258th with 2 others) | £1,925 (joint 253rd with 2 others) | £1,925 (joint 247th with 2 others) | £1,925 (joint 234th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £9,524 (17th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £153,380 (288th) | £164,791 (46th) | £153,225 (62nd) | £131,839 | £126,982 (255th) | £117,625 (359th) | £115,784 (260th) | £88,466 (336th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £720 (524th). Rail £13,141 (16th). Air £1,751 (84th). Misc £73 (178th). Other: Mileage £240 (30th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,020 (518th). Rail £12,384 (14th). Air £170 (151st). Misc £29 (214th).
3 Car £1,480 (489th). Rail £10,995 (24th). Air £162 (218th).