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John Reid

Labour MP for Airdrie & Shotts

  • Also represented Hamilton North & Bellshill; Motherwell North

  • Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
  • Majority: 14,084 votes. — 32nd out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

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Committees and topics of interest

This MP is not currently on any select or public bill committee and has had no written questions answered for which we know the department or subject.

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Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

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Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

“I have never before been nonplussed in response to the right hon. Gentleman. I take his point, but is he not conflating two time scales? The truth of the matter is that during the early stages of a recession, we have to expand and maintain expenditure, demand and investment through the public sector. He would be the first to accept that that requires a degree of borrowing, and that we also...”

Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

“My right hon. Friend is making a very interesting case. Is it not the truth that the key questions about the tax are: first, whether in the present circumstances it is to be regarded as a desirable policy objective on its own, or an economic imperative, particularly given the fairness issue; and secondly, whether it is to be regarded as indicative of a general strategic direction on taxation...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 54 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.
  • 74 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever John Reid speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1434 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

1. Remunerated directorships
Celtic PLC (non-executive director from 1 October 2007; non-executive chairman from 19 November 2007)
John Reid Advisory Ltd; company receiving income from outside employment.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fee for speech to Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors, Leeds, 14 June 2008. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 19 June 2008)
Consultancy to G4S UK and Ireland. (£45,001-£50,000, includes contribution towards secretarial services.)
26-27 March 2009, fee for attendance and keynote address on 'Public-Private Partnership in Healthcare' at the Portuguese Healthcare System Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, sponsored by the Portuguese Association of Private Hospitals. (£5,001-£10,000) Travel and accommodation also provided. (Registered 7 May 2009)
8. Land and Property
Rental income received from flat in London.
10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Honorary Professor University College London and Chairman of the Institute of Security and Resilience Studies (unremunerated at present time.)

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (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)
Additional Costs Allowance£23,083 (joint 1st) £20,596 (366th) £13,028 £16,757 (437th) £12,000 (538th) £16,000 (497th) £9,509 (572nd)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £1,618 (joint 1st) £1,259 (106th) £862 (112th) £1,227 (joint 1st)
Incidental Expenses Provision£29,979 (6th) £28,189 (39th) £25,259 £18,135 (346th) £18,799 (joint 13th) £17,792 (414th) £20,479 (155th)
Staffing Allowance£85,497 (399th) £76,873 (526th) £60,267 £47,184 (649th) £44,766 (649th) £42,963 (643rd) £30,610 (628th)
Communications Allowance£4,259 (491st) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£9,860 (227th)* £3,654 (533rd)** £5,582 £8,146 (416th) £7,692 (411th) £5,337 (511th) £3,292 (549th)
Members' Staff Travel£2,957 (12th) £437 (joint 235th) £499 £0 £735 (203rd) £992 (171st) £0
Members' Spouse Travel£1,467 (93rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£358 (558th) £540 (joint 516th) £682 £729 (390th) £419 (joint 556th) £1,063 (joint 307th) £559 (joint 523rd)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,261 (519th) £2,053 (406th) £2,770 £2,735 (300th) £2,121 (386th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,488 (21st) £1,271 (55th) £821 £1,134 (636th) £1,134 (633rd) £1,947 (joint 192nd) £1,947 (joint 183rd)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£160,209 (98th) £133,613 (405th) £108,908 £96,438 (631st) £88,925 (633rd) £86,956 (627th) £67,623 (613th)

* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,300 (400th). Air £8,560 (53rd).

** Rail £591 (460th). Air £3,063 (88th).