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John Smith
Labour MP for Vale of Glamorgan
- Entered Parliament on 4 May 1989 — unknown
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 1,808 votes. — 571st 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 Smith voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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, Defence Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Health, Transport, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Wales
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Defence Aviation Repair Agency, Thrombosis, RAF Cottesmore, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Military Bases: Wales
(based on written questions asked by John Smith and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: NHS: Finance (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the financial cost to acute NHS trusts which do not meet the 2010 National CQUIN goal to reduce avoidable death, disability and chronic ill health from venous thromboembolism (VTE) by providing a VTE risk assessment for 90 per cent. or more of adult inpatients on admission to hospital.”
- Written Answers — Health: Thrombosis (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health when NHS Connecting for Heath plans to make an electronic version of the National Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment model available to NHS acute trusts for the purposes of recording the proportion of hospital patients risk assessed for VTE; and whether a specific hospital acquired VTE code will be made available.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Economy (11 Nov 2009) has video
“Now that planning permission has been granted for the defence technical college at St. Athan—at seven times the size of the millennium stadium, it is the largest development of its type ever in Wales—what assessment has my right hon. Friend made of the impact of this, the largest vocational training centre in the United Kingdom, on the Welsh economy?”
More of John Smith's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 44% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 190 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 (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 | £22,244 (180th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,862 | £20,620 (266th) | £16,007 (joint 435th with 1 other) | £15,740 (joint 505th with 1 other) | £13,375 (474th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,857 (225th) | £18,453 (321st) | £20,661 (265th) | £26,690 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £17,415 (511th) | £17,347 (459th) | £15,911 (315th) |
| Staffing costs | £93,955 (363rd) | £77,861 (557th) | £58,917 (635th) | £55,321 | £52,165 (639th) | £47,607 (639th) | £54,680 (590th) | £46,064 (317th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,624 (268th) | £14,967 (22nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,841 (251st)3 | £8,848 (262nd)2 | £10,016 (213th)1 | £11,061 | £17,129 (94th) | £15,399 (133rd) | £18,287 (75th) | £12,951 (111th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £94 (346th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £799 (joint 217th with 1 other) | £174 (374th) | £1,112 (148th) | £567 (joint 224th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £67 (318th) | £311 (260th) | 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 | £4,692 (205th) | £731 (350th) | £1,468 (166th) | £566 | £1,104 (256th) | £768 (371st) | £950 (361st) | £807 (404th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,277 (joint 199th with 1 other) | £4,510 (161st) | £1,170 | £3,735 (204th) | £2,097 (391st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £983 (586th) | £814 (598th) | £0 | £1,966 (joint 147th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 141st with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 139th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 133rd with 14 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £159,374 (201st) | £148,514 (296th) | £118,496 (565th) | £115,670 | £116,843 (464th) | £101,433 (589th) | £110,082 (395th) | £91,641 (242nd) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,904 (120th). Rail £3,768 (249th). Misc £129 (142nd). Other: Rail £47 (157th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,875 (101st). Rail £3,557 (257th). Misc £307 (109th). Other: Rail £102 (101st).