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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
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Hazel Blears voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. 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 a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. 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)
- Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Abu Qatada (7 Feb 2012)
“The Home Secretary said quite rightly that she wishes to be in a position to deport Abu Qatada, but I am afraid that, much as we all might wish that, if it does not happen in three months’ time, the Home Secretary will face a serious choice. The bail conditions might well be relaxed, so the only choice she will have under current legislation would be to impose a TPIM. Time and again, we...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions (7 Feb 2012)
“The right hon. Gentleman has said: “For too long, internships have been the almost exclusive preserve of the sharp-elbowed and the well-connected.” Twenty-five per cent. of the internships currently advertised on the Government’s graduate talent pool website are for unpaid vacancies. What practical steps are the Government taking to provide more paid internships so that...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Ex-servicemen: Education (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many and what proportion of service leavers (a) used and (b) received funding from the Publicly Funded Further and Higher Education scheme in (A) 2009-10 and (B) 2010-11; (2) what the total cost was of the Publicly Funded Further and Higher Education scheme for service leavers in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; (3) what assessment he has made...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 90 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 55.96% 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).