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Hugh Bayley
Labour MP for York Central

  • Also represented City of York
  • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Hugh Bayley voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Has never voted on 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 moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. 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 introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Health, Home Department, International Development, Work and Pensions, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Olympic Games 2012, Departmental Official Cars, Departmental Scientists, Africa, Departmental Travel

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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NHS Funding (York and North Yorkshire) (18 Jun 2013)

“The Minister says that Barnsley gets more money than north Yorkshire because of its higher level of deprivation, which I acknowledge, but why has the new formula given York less money than leafy Richmondshire and Hambleton, when York has higher levels of teenage pregnancy, drug addiction and deaths from asbestos-related diseases among people who had a career in industry. We have higher levels...”

NHS Funding (York and North Yorkshire) (18 Jun 2013)

“Thank you very much, Mr Streeter. At the end of April, the hon. Member for York Outer (Julian Sturdy), who I see in his place, and I met the health overview and scrutiny committee of City of York council to discuss the perilous funding settlement received by Vale of York clinical commissioning group. The meeting was also attended by Patrick Crowley, the chief executive of York teaching...”

NHS Funding (York and North Yorkshire) (18 Jun 2013)

“All of us in north Yorkshire and York share concerns about the low level of funding for our patch. I share the hon. Gentleman’s concern about the lack of transparency, which is why it would be enormously helpful for the Minister to ask his funding advisory panel to carry out the calculation I have mentioned. That would illustrate whether there is a problem such as I have suggested, and...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 68 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 66 written questions in the last year — 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 51.94% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 628 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
8 April 2013, received payment of £525 from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for participating in 7 surveys in 2012-13. Hours: 5 hrs in total. (Registered 8 April 2013;updated 18 April 2013)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Nestlé UK Ltd
Address of donor : York YO91 1XY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket to see athletics event, and hospitality, at the Olympic Park, with a total value of £4,500
Date of receipt of donation: 6 August 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 6 August 2012
Donor status: company, registration no 51491
(Registered 3 September 2012 )
8. Land and Property
Residential property in London from which rental income is received.
11. Miscellaneous
Member of the Board of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB) (unpaid). (Registered 23 February 2012)

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (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)
Staying away from main home£24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) £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) £16,873 (joint 92nd with 2 others)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £13 (joint 130th with 7 others)
Office running costs£20,113 (209th) £20,229 (229th) £20,424 (joint 305th with 1 other) £24,044 £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) £16,002 (310th)
Staffing costs£101,767 (108th) £91,614 (133rd) £87,055 (200th) £80,037 £70,303 (351st) £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) £46,001 (322nd)
Communications Allowance£6,666 (417th) £8,364 (310th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£14,489 (82nd)1 £10,792 (197th)2 £11,601 (148th)3 £10,534 £14,989 (140th) £16,867 (101st) £15,449 (128th) £10,637 (187th)
Members' Staff Travel£334 (joint 217th with 2 others) £1,003 (103rd) £669 (182nd) £510 £1,482 (joint 123rd with 1 other) £1,201 (132nd) £1,164 (139th) £1,149 (119th)
Members' Spouse Travel£1,928 (49th) £1,677 (79th) 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£6,931 (53rd) £1,412 (109th) £1,839 (116th) £1,577 £1,596 (156th) £2,168 (53rd) £2,065 (79th) £1,219 (255th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£4,117 (127th) £3,710 (219th) £4,026 £6,027 (103rd) £5,306 (103rd) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,028 (559th) £909 (555th) £909 £1,804 (452nd) £1,804 (444th) £1,804 (425th) £1,690 (401st)
Other Costs£0 £0 £5,744 (21st) £3,884 £0 £1,137 (65th) £0 £0
Total£176,235 (32nd) £163,319 (65th) £154,061 (52nd) £147,155 £136,428 (96th) £135,638 (63rd) £120,418 (159th) £93,584 (193rd)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,987 (91st). Rail £6,026 (143rd). Air £83 (160th). Misc £1,292 (21st). Other: Mileage £13 (88th). Rail £32 (144th). European £2,056 (14th).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,556 (70th). Rail £3,224 (276th). Air £218 (140th). Misc £1,028 (31st). Other: Mileage £185 (32nd). Rail £19 (183rd). European £562 (99th).

3 Car £6,343 (57th). 3rd party £78 (37th). Rail £4,467 (204th). Air £658 (135th). Other £55 (59th).