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Jacqui Smith
Labour MP for Redditch
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 2,716 votes. — 526th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jacqui Smith voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Energy and Climate Change, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Local Strategic Partnerships: Members, Renewable Energy, Horizon
(based on written questions asked by Jacqui Smith and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Adoption and Children Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (8 Feb 2010)
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- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (8 Feb 2010)
“I welcome the Bill and the speed with which the Government have introduced it. Nobody would want any Bill to have to pass all its stages in one day, and for the House to miss the opportunity of pre-legislative scrutiny, but I am wholly convinced that the serious risk of no effective provisions being in place for terrorist asset freezing following the Supreme Court decision and, significantly,...”
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (8 Feb 2010)
“My point is that there was not only significant legal advice that the 1946 Act was a legitimate ground for introducing Orders in Council in order to translate UN Security Council resolutions, but legal justification between October 2008 and the point at which the Supreme Court upheld once again those individual appeals. The idea that every time a piece of legislation-primary or...”
More of Jacqui Smith's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 76% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 88 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.
- 94 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jacqui Smith speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 746 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | £19,182 (321st) | £22,948 (209th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,596 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £18,295 (360th) | £16,560 (482nd) | £16,503 (118th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,281 (joint 104th with 6 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £15,784 (403rd) | £16,688 (407th) | £16,112 (538th) | £19,853 | £19,310 (128th) | £18,778 (joint 274th with 2 others) | £18,157 (308th) | £13,874 (383rd) |
| Staffing costs | £91,998 (412th) | £92,587 (110th) | £85,611 (271st) | £83,838 | £66,361 (512th) | £64,241 (499th) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £46,540 (294th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,062 (441st) | £8,567 (306th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,338 (429th)3 | £7,552 (321st)2 | £10,188 (208th)1 | £9,935 | £9,700 (345th) | £7,659 (414th) | £9,857 (330th) | £9,228 (261st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £231 (joint 267th with 2 others) | £1,732 (36th) | £598 (199th) | £697 | £637 (249th) | £547 (joint 251st with 1 other) | £458 (270th) | £450 (258th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,415 (32nd) | £2,531 (42nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £861 (23rd) | £485 (43rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,634 (427th) | £2,241 (11th) | £4,332 (20th) | £5,788 | £5,777 (16th) | £3,591 (19th) | £2,237 (56th) | £2,082 (joint 63rd with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,765 (421st) | £13,222 (19th) | £16,458 | £15,035 (18th) | £8,905 (31st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £535 (637th) | £510 (633rd) | £148 | £1,962 (joint 166th with 3 others) | £1,962 (joint 161st with 3 others) | £1,962 (joint 159th with 3 others) | £1,962 (joint 152nd with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £144,505 (joint 386th with 1 other) | £157,631 (130th) | £152,683 (66th) | £158,313 | £141,302 (58th) | £125,552 (196th) | £112,492 (339th) | £91,866 (235th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £482 (559th). Rail £7,070 (110th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £5,338 (169th).