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John Leech
Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester, Withington
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Leech voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Health, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Conditions of Employment, Dentistry, Departmental Contracts, Departmental Pay, Roads: Accidents
(based on written questions asked by John Leech and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Local Transport Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
- Concessionary Bus Travel Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
Most recent appearances
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“I would like to start by congratulating the hon. Members for Hyndburn (Graham Jones), for Dudley South (Chris Kelly), for Worcester (Mr Walker) and for Peterborough (Mr Jackson) on securing this Backbench Business debate on a subject that undoubtedly has an impact on constituents of every Member of the House. The scale of metal theft has rocketed in recent years as the price of scrap metal...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 10 — Responsibility for children and young persons (1 Feb 2012)
“Does the Minister not accept that in many areas there is no alternative social rented accommodation to move to, and that, therefore, people will be expected to move from social rented housing to smaller, private rented accommodation, which will end up being more expensive and, therefore, increase the housing benefit bill, not decrease it?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill (30 Jan 2012)
“Can we be assured that the transfer of staff from the Department to the CAA will not result in a loss of expertise in the security sector within the Department for Transport?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — 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 72.02% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 26 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") 106 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £8,684 (531st) | £12,993 (520th) | £19,287 (412th) | £21,437 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £22,652 (95th) | £17,380 (375th) | £19,268 (415th) | £25,237 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £99,257 (188th) | £94,425 (64th) | £87,371 (150th) | £77,239 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,106 (230th) | £9,772 (joint 192nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,833 (206th)1 | £7,660 (316th)2 | £9,502 (241st)3 | £13,524 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £537 (149th) | £406 (236th) | £161 (joint 344th with 1 other) | £610 | ||||
| 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 | £4,253 (238th) | £970 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £2,596 (59th) | £2,529 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,820 (149th) | £5,347 (128th) | £7,747 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,008 (joint 569th with 2 others) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £2,880 (35th) | £0 | ||||
| Total | £155,321 (260th) | £148,434 (298th) | £147,342 (130th) | £149,253 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,904 (196th). Rail £4,309 (221st). Air £190 (145th). Misc £428 (84th). Other: European £1,002 (53rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,433 (164th). Rail £2,622 (316th). Misc £164 (134th). Other: European £441 (113th).
3 Car £4,421 (203rd). Rail £4,922 (178th). Air £159 (220th).