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John Hemming

Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham, Yardley

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• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 2,672 votes. — 490th 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 John Hemming voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (since 5 Feb 2008)
• Member, Procedure Committee (since 4 May 2006)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

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, Predictive Diallers, Special Advisers, Council Tax, Gas Supplies

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Legal Services Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“I am pleased to speak after the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mr. Purchase). The issue of council housing has a lot of purchase with me, too. In Birmingham, we can at least say that we are building a small number of new council houses, even if that is done through a municipal housing trust, so that we are not trapped by the housing revenue account calculations and the tax on...”

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“I like to look at cases in detail and I do not know enough about that. Much of the time, what we do in this place is pick on a case that seems wrong. There are cases that seem wrong superficially, but we need to consider a set of cases. There are systematic problems in child protection, for instance-take the Climbié inquiry or the case of baby P-but often we focus on one case. I am...”

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“The Berkeley brothers took the issue of the system of law in Sark, which is linked with Guernsey, to judicial review. It was seen clearly as a responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. It is settled UK law that that responsibility rests within the UK. I accept that there are differences of status. Whereas I am not sure about the settled legal position on the Turks and Caicos islands, there...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 41 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees (0 as chair).
• 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 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 81 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever John Hemming speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 56 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,415 (475th). Rail £1,737 (369th).

^** Car £1,492 (487th). Rail £2,133 (321st).