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Hilary Benn
Labour MP for Leeds Central
- Entered Parliament on 10 June 1999 — Byelection
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Hilary Benn voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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 laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Work and Pensions, Health, Education
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Written Questions: Government Responses, Agricultural Wages Board, Badgers: Disease Control, Council Tax Benefits, Local Government Finance
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (29 out of 32)
- International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Local Government Finance Bill: Clause 16 — Extent and short title (21 May 2012)
“I know that the Minister is an enthusiast, but those watching could be forgiven for thinking that the Bill was the answer to all the nation’s ills—at one count it was, with one thing and another, solving poverty and dealing with the deficit. Also, although I have a high regard for the Secretary of State, I am surprised that he did not make that speech, because after all, this is...”
- Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 9 — Regulations about powers to require information, offences and penalties (21 May 2012)
“You are giving with one hand and taking away with the other.”
- Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 9 — Regulations about powers to require information, offences and penalties (21 May 2012)
“I understand the point that the Minister is making about requiring organisations such as DWP to offer information relating to individuals, but section 14A(1)(b) refers to “powers to require a person to enter into arrangements under which access is permitted to the person’s electronic records.” I find it hard to see that that is to do with the Department for Work and...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 139 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 77.92% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 31 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") 950 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £10,446 (501st) | £11,631 (539th) | £11,007 (553rd) | £9,452 | £10,023 (566th) | £9,225 (573rd) | £18,218 (415th) | £15,291 (324th) |
| 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 | £15,877 (397th) | £10,661 (576th) | £19,181 (424th) | £18,960 | £19,197 (191st) | £18,411 (418th) | £14,319 (566th) | £19,897 (167th) |
| Staffing costs | £68,755 (616th) | £64,164 (626th) | £61,711 (629th) | £62,278 | £64,326 (558th) | £57,915 (612th) | £52,721 (607th) | £38,117 (549th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,155 (55th) | £2,839 (534th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,421 (153rd)1 | £10,050 (222nd)2 | £10,459 (201st)3 | £7,675 | £7,474 (445th) | £8,760 (372nd) | £9,555 (342nd) | £7,419 (351st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £218 (joint 361st with 1 other) | £0 | £195 (380th) | £194 (362nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £83 (309th) | £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 | £4,654 (209th) | £907 (joint 258th with 1 other) | £657 (joint 437th with 1 other) | £459 | £540 (481st) | £1,280 (160th) | £861 (joint 398th with 2 others) | £899 (374th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,218 (341st) | £1,774 (446th) | £1,397 | £2,823 (290th) | £3,883 (174th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,407 (67th) | £1,198 (120th) | £322 | £2,053 (21st) | £2,053 (17th) | £2,053 (17th) | £2,053 (17th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £124,391 (574th) | £103,877 (630th) | £105,987 (615th) | £100,543 | £108,272 (566th) | £103,101 (576th) | £99,449 (550th) | £85,000 (406th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £11,421 (27th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £10,050 (48th).