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John Hemming
Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham, Yardley
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — 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 John Hemming voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Trade and Industry, Treasury, Education and Skills, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Ministerial Red Boxes, Children in Care, Predictive Diallers, Special Advisers, Council Tax
(based on written questions asked by John Hemming and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law Of Succession) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Superannuation bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 14)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (8 out of 14)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (14 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 51 — Period of entitlement to contributory allowance (1 Feb 2012)
“Like me, my hon. Friend might not be surprised that the Opposition are ignoring the effect of universal credit. Does he accept that many of the families in the margins who are affected badly by means-testing will benefit from universal credit?”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Crown Prosecution Service (20 Jan 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what powers she has to instigate an independent review of a police operational decision not to pass evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Arts (18 Jan 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will review the operation of the licence fee to ensure that the BBC's operations and expenditure in the West Midlands will continue to support the regional economy and creative arts.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 30 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 90.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 133 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
JHC plc; software.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Senior Partner in MarketNet and Music Mercia International (part of John Hemming Trading, 78 Alcester Road, Birmingham B13 8BB).
John Hemming’s main income outwith the House of Commons arises from two Schedule D sources of revenue JHC (John Hemming & Co) LLP which had a taxable profits of £151,820 in 2009/10; and John Hemming Trading which had a profit of £26,942 in 2009/10. He chairs the JHC partners meeting on a Tuesday morning once a month which takes around 4 hours a month (including travelling from and to the House of Commons).
I have written, recorded and released a song "Bring the sunshine in", proceeds to Justice for Families (of which I am unremunerated chairman) and the Angela Cannings Foundation.
Payments for completing opinion surveys for ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. All donated to charity.
24 June 2010, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered (Registered 8 November 2011)
30 July 2010, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
13 October 2010, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
17 November 2010, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
10 January 2011, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
8 March 2011, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
28 April 2011, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
1 July 2011, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
Payments for completing opinion surveys for Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT. All donated to charity.
24 September 2010, £50. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
18 March 2011, £75. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
Payment for completing opinion survey for YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT. Donated to charity.
31 January 2011, £80. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
Payment for completing opinion survey for Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY. Donated to charity.
3 February 2011, £150. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 8 November 2011)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
The salary of a member of my staff is paid by Birmingham City Council.
8. Land and Property
Two flats in London, from one of which rental income is received.
House and office building in Birmingham, from which rental income is received.
Farmland and woodland in Devon, from which rental income is received.
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) JHC plc; software
(a) JHC LLP; software
(a) John Hemming Trading Ltd
(b) Bank of Ireland
(b) RBS
(b) CRH
(b) Irish Life
(b) Lloyds Bank (registered 9 December 2011)
11. Miscellaneous
Partner and director of JHC LLP; software.
Register last updated: 13 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.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £17,536 (370th) | £21,375 (322nd) | £18,447 (437th) | £9,294 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £28,554 (18th) | £29,031 (16th) | £26,466 (69th) | £25,782 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £93,843 (365th) | £82,588 (481st) | £81,062 (420th) | £67,882 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £2,892 (530th) | £6,313 (400th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,809 (554th)1 | £3,152 (545th)2 | £3,625 (534th)3 | £3,411 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £26 (joint 426th with 1 other) | £35 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £506 (196th) | £667 (joint 169th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £226 (joint 65th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £5,651 (139th) | £871 (joint 279th with 1 other) | £695 (416th) | £820 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,768 (157th) | £2,800 (joint 306th with 1 other) | £2,942 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,297 (joint 187th with 2 others) | £1,099 (joint 242nd with 5 others) | £1,099 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £151,791 (308th) | £149,288 (283rd) | £134,220 (394th) | £111,265 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,118 (479th). Rail £1,691 (382nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,415 (475th). Rail £1,737 (369th).