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Howard Stoate

Labour MP for Dartford

    • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
    • Majority: 706 votes. — 610th out of 643 MPs.

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Howard Stoate voted on key issues since 2001:

    • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
    • Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
    • Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
    • Voted a mixture of for and against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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    More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

    Committees and topics of interest

    Select Committee membership
    • Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (since 2 Jul 2008)
    • Member, Health Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Health, Communities and Local Government, Deputy Prime Minister, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Education and Skills

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): South East, Alzheimer's Disease, Housing, Equality Act, Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards

    (based on written questions asked by Howard Stoate and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

    RSS feed Most recent appearances

    Written Answers — Health: NHS: Pay (5 Nov 2009)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has directed NHS trusts to implement the provisions of the October 2005 joint statement on Agenda for Change and NHS Contractors Staff; and if he will make a statement.”

    Written Answers — Health: NHS: Pay (5 Nov 2009)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS bodies in the South East have implemented the provisions of the October 2005 joint statement on Agenda for Change and NHS Contractors Staff.”

    Power Cuts (North-West Kent) (20 Oct 2009)

    “I thank the hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Mr. Evennett) and the Minister for allowing me to contribute to this debate. As they will know, my constituents in Dartford were particularly badly affected by this incident. Tens of thousands of houses were out of power for the full 64 hours and had no back-up power, not even intermittent supplies—absolutely nothing. The hon....”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 49 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
    • 71 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Howard Stoate speaks.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 188 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    General medical practitioner.
    Occasional income from 'Westminster Experience' training health professionals. (Up to £5,000)
    Albion Surgery, 6 Pincott Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 7LP. Receive estimated value of one twelfth of my net annual practice profit share providing general medical services.
    £3,500 received on 2 July 2009. Hours: 68hrs. (Registered 10 July 2009)
    £3,500 received on 4 August 2009. Hours: 65hrs. (Registered 10 August 2009)
    £3,500 received on 4 September 2009. Hours: 44hrs. (Registered 14 September 2009)
    £3,500 received on 4 October 2009. Hours: 60hrs. (Registered 9 October 2009)
    £450 received on 15 October 2009 from Cumberlege Connections Ltd, Snells Cottage, The Green, Newick, East Sussex BN8 4LA, for training NHS Chief Executives in how to engage effectively with Parliament. Hours: 4 hours. (Registered 28 October 2009)
    6. Overseas visits
    10-17 February 2008, to India, to Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi, to meet industrialists, academics, representatives of business organisations and to visit a DFiD funded project. Travel and subsistence provided by the Government of India. (Registered 11 July 2008)

    Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

    Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
    Additional Costs Allowance£17,883 (440th) £9,374 (565th) £10,314 £18,265 (390th) £13,340 (510th) £17,153 (462nd) £15,827 (208th)
    London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Incidental Expenses Provision£17,221 (383rd) £19,877 (378th) £23,000 £19,325 (joint 11th) £18,799 (joint 13th) £17,891 (390th) £14,830 (353rd)
    Staffing Allowance£93,371 (92nd) £87,837 (128th) £81,075 £70,236 (joint 359th) £68,023 (joint 228th) £63,699 (364th) £47,567 (260th)
    Communications Allowance£11,252 (67th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£3,928 (517th)* £4,029 (518th)** £2,382 £3,341 (583rd) £4,170 (552nd) £3,843 (566th) £3,127 (559th)
    Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Members' Spouse Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,556 (83rd) £1,556 (150th) £2,234 £2,005 (joint 107th) £3,273 (21st) £3,993 (11th) £1,425 (191st)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£5,273 (37th) £4,445 (167th) £6,705 £4,963 (140th) £5,566 (94th) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,176 (joint 366th) £1,065 (joint 305th) £0 £2,002 (joint 65th) £2,002 (joint 58th) £2,002 (joint 58th) £2,002 (joint 57th)
    Other Costs£0 £4,879 (25th) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Total£151,660 (242nd) £133,062 (416th) £125,710 £120,137 (397th) £115,173 (joint 413th) £108,581 (425th) £84,778 (412th)

    * Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,253 (369th). Rail £1,136 (417th). Misc £256 (107th). Other: Rail £283 (65th).

    ** Car £2,272 (390th). Rail £1,757 (358th).