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Jack Straw
Labour MP for Blackburn
- Entered Parliament on 3 May 1979 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jack Straw voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. 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 a stricter asylum system. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Deputy Prime Minister, Home Department, International Development, Justice, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Public Expenditure, Electoral Register, Constituencies: Boundary Commissions, Departmental Pay, Human Rights
(based on written questions asked by Jack Straw and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Nato: Iran (17 Jun 2013)
“(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the policy of Her Majesty’s Government towards Iran following the election of Dr Hassan Rouhani as its new President.”
- Nato: Iran (17 Jun 2013)
“May I thank the Foreign Secretary for that statement and associate myself with the congratulations, in which we would all share, to the Iranian people and to Dr Rouhani on his election? May I tell the Foreign Secretary that in my many dealings with Dr Rouhani when he was head of the Iranian national security council under President Khatami, I found him courteous, engaged and straightforward...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below 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 57.45% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 142 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 4301 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from News International Supply Co Ltd. Address: Cygnet Park, 200 Serpentine Way, Peterborough PE7 8FD:
16 May 2012, payment of £400 for article in The Times on 2 May. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 17 May 2012)
18 June 2012, two payments each of £500 and one of £300 (£1,300 in total) for articles in The Times on 27 January 2012, 16 February 2012 and 20 May 2012. Hours: 4 hrs, 4 hrs and 3 hrs (11 hrs in total). (Registered 3 July 2012)
6 August 2012, payment of £500 for article in The Times (25 July 2012). Hours: approx 4 hrs. (Registered 7 August 2012)
10 October 2012, payment of £400 for article in The Times (18 September 2012). Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 16 October 2012)
24 December 2012, payment of £500 for article in The Times (5 December 2012). Hours: approx 4 hrs. (Registered 3 January 2013)
2 April 2013, received £360 for article in The Times on 20 March 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 5 April 2013)
11 October 2012, received payment of £75 from The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU for blog article on 25 September 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 October 2012)
2 May 2012, received £6,000 for speaking at Econbuild conference at Excel Centre on 21 March 2012. Payer: IBE Ltd, Ludgate House, 245 Blackfriars Rd, London SE1 9UY. Hours: 6 hrs approx. (Registered 17 May 2012)
2 May 2012, received £3,500 for speaking at Lyons Davidson conference at M-Shed,Princes Wharf, Bristol. Payer: Lyons Davidson, Victoria House, 51 Victoria St, Bristol, BS1 6AD. Hours: 8 hrs approx. (Registered 17 May 2012)
23 August 2012, received £7,500 for speaking at the Security Watch Asia event, QE II Centres, London SW1 on 25 June 2012, organised by Security Watch UK Ltd, 1 Queen Anne’s Gate, 2nd Floor Westminster, London, SW1H 9BT.Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 5 September 2012)
23 August 2012, received £8,000 fee and travel and accommodation with an estimated value of £7,900 for speaking at the Annual Meeting of the International Association of Defence Counsel (of 303 West Madison Avenue, Suite 925, Chicago, Il, USA 60606), held in Asheville, NC, USA, on 9 July 2012. Hours: 3 days. (Registered 9 September 2012)
23 November 2012, received £20,000 for speech at the University of Southern California "Global Conversation", Grosvenor Square, London, W1 on Tuesday 9 October 2012. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 17 December 2012)
30 April 2013, received £3,000 for speaking on 5 December 2012 to the Performance and Reward Centre (PARC) at the Ivy Restaurant, Ivy St, London WC1. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
Consultant to ED & F MAN Holdings Ltd; commodity traders, advising the group and its senior executives on the international and national environment in which it operates and on other specific matters. Address: Cottons Centre, Hays Lane, London SE1 2QE (£55,001-£60,000) Payment received on a quarterly basis.
5 July 2012, received £15,000 consultancy fee for quarter 1 April to 30 June 2012. Hours: approx 30 hrs. (Registered 5 July 2012)
26 November 2012, received £15,000 consultancy fee for quarter 1 July to 30 September 2012. Hours: approx 30 hrs.(Registered 17 December 2012)
8 January 2013, Received £15,000 consultancy fee for quarter 1 October to 31 December 2012. Hours: approx 35 hrs.(Registered 19 February 2013)
8 April 2013, received £15,000 consultancy fee for quarter 1 January to 31 March 2013. Hours: approx 45 hrs. (Registered 15 April 2013)
Advances for the manuscript of a book from Macmillans Publishers, via Capel & Land Ltd, Literary Agents. Address of Macmillans: 20 New Wharf Road London N1 9RR:
31 July 2012, received £30,750, net of agent’s commission and VAT, as delivery advance, representing 25% of the advance eventually due. Hours: between 2 April and 31 July 2012, at least 400 hrs. (Registered 13 August 2012)
9 October 2012, received £30,750 as publication advance. Hours: at least 200 hours between 31 July and 9 October 2012. (Registered 16 October 2012)
30 April 2013, received £1,230 net of agent’s commission, in respect of the audio recording of my book. Hours: 60 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
8 March 2013, received £480 from the Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT, for Daily Telegraph article on 26 February 2013. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 5 April 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: ED & F MAN Holdings Ltd,
Address of donor: Cottons Centre, Hays Lane, London SE1 2QE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Business Class flights (BA and Dragonair) London/Hong Kong/Beijing/London, 7 - 11 April 2013, with a value of £5,716.79, and of two nights in the China World Hotel Beijing (9/10 April) with a value of £773.02; total value £6,489.81
Destination of visit: Hong Kong and Beijing
Date of visit: 7-11 April 2013
Purpose of visit: to undertake consultancy; see my entry under Category 2 above.
(Registered 1 May 2013)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 | £6,275 (556th) | £8,039 (570th) | £15,925 (496th) | £17,717 | £17,780 (402nd) | £12,877 (522nd) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £11,420 (531st) |
| 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) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £23,515 (76th) | £29,201 (13th) | £27,238 (58th) | £21,167 | £19,074 (220th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £23,480 (95th) |
| Staffing costs | £93,448 (377th) | £73,059 (596th) | £67,235 (606th) | £71,207 | £63,606 (570th) | £62,500 (553rd) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £37,692 (553rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,836 (371st) | £3,796 (510th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,895 (508th)1 | £3,624 (530th)2 | £4,457 (494th)3 | £3,568 | £5,573 (517th) | £4,454 (541st) | £5,094 (526th) | £2,723 (joint 578th with 1 other) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £363 (205th) | £1,740 (35th) | £1,394 (75th) | £897 | £566 (264th) | £734 (joint 204th with 1 other) | £1,469 (100th) | £1,266 (98th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,032 (116th) | £282 (270th) | 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 | £6,521 (86th) | £2,030 (21st) | £2,209 (82nd) | £2,261 | £1,954 (110th) | £1,544 (122nd) | £1,127 (276th) | £433 (577th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,275 (joint 202nd with 1 other) | £2,944 (292nd) | £3,697 | £3,240 (joint 239th with 1 other) | £2,378 (343rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,321 (160th) | £1,118 (joint 220th with 5 others) | £0 | £1,998 (joint 75th with 1 other) | £1,998 (joint 68th with 1 other) | £1,998 (68th) | £1,998 (67th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £597 | £3,481 (50th) | £0 | £3,314 (45th) | £860 (43rd) |
| Total | £142,887 (407th) | £126,367 (566th) | £122,520 (532nd) | £121,111 | £118,890 (422nd) | £106,858 (549th) | £114,465 (292nd) | £81,099 (469th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £3,579 (255th). Air £316 (132nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £3,249 (273rd). Air £375 (127th).