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Jimmy Hood
Labour MP for Lanark and Hamilton East
- Also represented Clydesdale
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jimmy Hood voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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 a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Trade and Industry, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Justice and Home Affairs Council, Ecofin, Agriculture and Fisheries Council, General Affairs and External Relations Council, General Affairs Council
(based on written questions asked by Jimmy Hood and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (6 out of 13)
- Chairman, Financial Services (Banking Reform)Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
- PARTNERSHIPS (PROSECUTION) (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 16)
- Chairman, Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill Committee (1 out of 6)
- Chairman, Postal Services Bill Committee (8 out of 21)
- Chairman, Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
- Chairman, Health and Social Care Bill Committee (16 out of 40)
- Chairman, Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (7 out of 14)
- Chairman, Welfare Reform Bill Committee (4 out of 9)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (7 out of 18)
- Chairman, Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 24)
- Chairman, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Chairman, Health and Social Care Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
- Chairman, Banking Bill Committee (7 out of 17)
- Chairman, Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Chairman, Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Chairman, Identity Cards Bill Committee (5 out of 11)
- Chairman, Children and Adoption Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
- Chairman, London Olympics Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Chairman, Welfare Reform Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Chairman, International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Identity Cards Bill Committee (0 out of 8)
- Chairman, Higher Education Bill Committee (5 out of 15)
- Chairman, Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (8 out of 18)
- Chairman, Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (2 out of 4)
- Chairman, Adoption and Children Bill Committee (1 out of 23)
- Chairman, Tax Credits Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
- Chairman, Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (4 out of 15)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (1 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
“The hon. Gentleman has just imparted some very interesting information to the House. Is he saying that the Prime Minister has told the Conservative party that he wanted a referendum Bill in this Queen’s Speech but he was stopped by the Liberals?”
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
“rose—”
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
“I am listening with interest, as I always do, to the hon. Gentleman’ s speech, and I have heard it a few times—a lot of times, in fact. If he gets his referendum and the vote is overwhelmingly, or marginally, in favour of staying in the EU, will he then embrace the EU and work from the positive side, in the same way as everybody else?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below 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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 37.50% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 201 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees for completing surveys for CommunicateResearch Ltd, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA:
15 June 2012, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to community group. (Registered 22 June 2012)
5 July 2012, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 19 July 2012)
27 August 2012, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 27 August 2012)
3 December 2012, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 14 December 2012)
20 December 2012, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 3 January 2013)
26 February 2013, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to community group. (Registered 20 March 2013)
26 March 2013, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to community group. (Registered 26 March 2013)
Fees for completing surveys for YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT:
27 July 2012, received £70. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to community group. (Registered 27 July 2012)
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 | £18,520 (343rd) | £19,353 (412th) | £20,828 (joint 361st with 1 other) | £21,634 | £20,864 (223rd) | £19,850 (joint 268th with 1 other) | £18,122 (421st) | £13,959 (442nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,318 (254th) | £26,267 (37th) | £26,465 (70th) | £23,336 | £19,127 (207th) | £17,674 (491st) | £17,784 (416th) | £15,899 (316th) |
| Staffing costs | £87,155 (486th) | £78,805 (549th) | £50,588 (641st) | £67,244 | £61,134 (602nd) | £62,314 (558th) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £43,894 (410th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,225 (53rd) | £9,144 (269th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £14,579 (79th)1 | £18,021 (32nd)2 | £15,217 (68th)3 | £15,093 | £21,623 (39th) | £22,768 (31st) | £20,081 (51st) | £19,613 (18th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £835 (90th) | £963 (111th) | £2,093 (39th) | £870 | £3,663 (14th) | £1,652 (83rd) | £1,602 (80th) | £1,153 (118th) |
| 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 | £4,928 (190th) | £1,011 (219th) | £1,156 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £12 | £467 (524th) | £778 (366th) | £1,346 (joint 204th with 1 other) | £508 (joint 552nd with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,635 (joint 437th with 1 other) | £5,896 (109th) | £0 | £2,464 (334th) | £3,155 (247th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,061 (joint 527th with 3 others) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £749 | £2,064 (joint 10th with 5 others) | £2,064 (joint 5th with 6 others) | £2,064 (joint 5th with 6 others) | £2,064 (joint 5th with 6 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £523 | £0 | £3,855 (28th) | £1,945 (53rd) | £1,754 (31st) |
| Total | £158,559 (216th) | £156,260 (163rd) | £123,173 (526th) | £129,461 | £131,406 (joint 162nd with 1 other) | £134,110 (75th) | £124,924 (69th) | £98,844 (106th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,791 (48th). Rail £1,503 (406th). Air £6,299 (60th). Misc £902 (42nd). Other: Mileage £84 (54th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,250 (16th). Rail £1,820 (362nd). Air £7,863 (61st). Misc £1,031 (30th). Other: Rail £57 (149th).
3 Car £7,054 (29th). Rail £2,060 (328th). Air £6,103 (70th).