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John Denham
Labour MP for Southampton, Itchen

    • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How John Denham voted on key issues since 2001:

    • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
    • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Communities and Local Government, Health, Work and Pensions, Home Department

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, Apprentices, Departmental Billing, Gender Pay Gap, E-mail

    (based on written questions asked by John Denham and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits (20 May 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of sanctions that have been placed on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) jobseeker's allowance claimants as a result of a missed appointment or the claimant failing to follow-up written correspondence.”

    Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits (20 May 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received from (a) employment and support allowance and (b) jobseeker's allowance claimants who have not attended meetings relating to their claim or failed to take required actions because they did not receive a letter notifying them of these.”

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    • Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — 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 63.66% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 21 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") 1047 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payments from Government Knowledge. Address: 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5BW:
    Received £300 for two seminars, on 18 October 2012 and 1 November 2012. Hours: 2 hrs in total. (Registered 19 December 2012)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: Sir Joseph Hotung Programme
    Address of donor: School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,200 (travel, accommodation and subsistence)
    Destination of visit: West Bank and Israel
    Date of visit: 6-10 May 2012
    Purpose of visit: Britain-Palestine APPG Delegation
    (Registered 6 June 2012)
    8. Land and Property
    A part share in a house in London from which rental income is derived.
    (Registered 22 October 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£23,806 (87th) £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) £13,869 (451st)
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,474 (103rd) £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others)
    Office running costs£22,952 (88th) £17,574 (366th) £18,958 (434th) £18,810 £14,606 (504th) £17,628 (496th) £18,106 (joint 336th with 1 other) £15,920 (314th)
    Staffing costs£92,215 (403rd) £89,780 (239th) £83,212 (364th) £77,496 £70,420 (joint 315th with 1 other) £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) £61,856 (joint 448th with 1 other) £42,232 (464th)
    Communications Allowance£9,713 (257th) £9,690 (joint 204th with 1 other) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£4,134 (498th)1 £7,221 (joint 336th with 1 other)2 £7,992 (304th)3 £7,284 £8,304 (411th) £6,425 (467th) £2,611 (599th) £3,213 (553rd)
    Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £118 £472 (284th) £247 (349th) £48 (447th) £78 (joint 414th with 1 other)
    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£4,294 (229th) £1,185 (joint 160th with 2 others) £1,987 (100th) £1,135 £4,261 (27th) £986 (258th) £743 (joint 451st with 1 other) £1,043 (314th)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£3,433 (183rd) £4,889 (138th) £3,440 £11,397 (33rd) £2,376 (joint 344th with 1 other) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,417 (joint 57th with 2 others) £1,227 (joint 86th with 1 other) £18 £1,933 (joint 243rd with 4 others) £1,933 (joint 238th with 4 others) £1,916 (joint 264th with 1 other) £1,916 (joint 250th with 1 other)
    Other Costs£0 £877 (78th) £0 £795 £0 £0 £1,300 (63rd) £0
    Total£157,114 (237th) £154,260 (196th) £140,375 (276th) £130,730 £132,295 (143rd) £114,201 (439th) £107,776 (joint 447th with 1 other) £79,498 (492nd)

    1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,472 (443rd). Rail £2,503 (312th). Misc £159 (139th).

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,391 (264th). Rail £2,734 (311th). Misc £3 (261st). Other: European £1,093 (51st).

    3 Car £4,017 (238th). Rail £3,975 (228th).