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Jim Fitzpatrick
Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse

  • Also represented Poplar and Canning Town
  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jim Fitzpatrick voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 ID cards. votes
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. 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 moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Transport, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Energy and Climate Change, Health

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Roads: Safety, Air Travel Organisers' Licensing Reform, Air Travel Organisers’ Licence, Departmental NDPBs, Aviation: Scotland

(based on written questions asked by Jim Fitzpatrick and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Stray Dogs (9 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the operation of Section 68 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.”

Written Answers — Transport: Heathrow Airport (9 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what operational freedoms her Department is considering in respect of Heathrow airport.”

Written Answers — Transport: Heathrow Airport (9 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) she and (b) her officials have had with BAA on the introduction of mixed mode at Heathrow airport.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 129 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 68.33% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 39 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 425 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees for surveys from Populus, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT:
February 2011, £75 for survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment made to charity. (Registered 30 March 2011)
Fee for survey from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA:
January 2011, £75 for parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment made to local organisation. (Registered 24 February 2011)
February-March 2011, £75 for parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment made to local organisation. (Registered 22 March 2011)
March-April 2011, £75 for parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 9 May 2011)
May 2011, £75 for parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 22 November 2011)
June 2011, £75 for parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 22 November 2011)
July 2011, £75 for parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 22 November 2011)
October-November 2011, £75 for parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 14 December 2011)
November-December 2011, £75 for parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 18 January 2012)
January 2011, fee of £80 for online survey from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT. Hours: 25 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 9 February 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: 1) Doha Forum
Address of donor: 1) Doha, Qatar
2) Centre for Middle East Development, Los Angeles, USA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): return flights and accommodation provided for 2 nights; approximate cost £3,000
Destination of visit: Doha, Qatar
Date of visit: 8-11 May 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend and speak at the Forum
(Registered 20 May 2011)

Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
London costs£2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) £2,613 £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£11,770 (543rd) £10,984 (joint 566th with 1 other) £16,322 (529th) £19,014 £17,028 (411th) £18,699 (joint 348th with 1 other) £9,842 (626th) £15,945 (311th)
Staffing costs£107,676 (33rd) £89,352 (257th) £85,239 (287th) £76,890 £77,898 (64th) £74,983 (36th) £65,192 (294th) £49,527 (200th)
Communications Allowance£10,182 (219th) £5,360 (joint 443rd with 1 other) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£400 (632nd)1 £550 (626th)2 £143 (634th)3 £1,201 £1,216 (637th) £1,136 (joint 631st with 2 others) £1,124 (634th) £1,104 (626th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £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£6,721 (72nd) £1,210 (joint 149th with 1 other) £1,134 (245th) £946 £803 (359th) £712 (joint 400th with 1 other) £840 (412th) £1,210 (259th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£5,741 (8th) £3,822 (209th) £3,490 £2,153 (381st) £3,754 (184th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,073 (joint 513th with 1 other) £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) £0 £1,929 (joint 252nd with 3 others) £1,929 (joint 247th with 3 others) £1,929 (joint 241st with 3 others) £1,929 (joint 229th with 2 others)
Other Costs£1,789 (70th) £4,471 (37th) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£141,454 (436th) £121,553 (590th) £110,307 (606th) £104,154 £102,645 (600th) £102,787 (580th) £80,454 (645th) £70,942 (590th)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £400 (517th).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £550 (485th).

3 Rail £143 (539th).