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John Spellar
Labour MP for Warley
- Also represented Warley West; Birmingham, Northfield
- Entered Parliament on 28 October 1982 — unknown
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Spellar voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Transport, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Departmental Expenditure, Drinking Water, Departmental Staff, Afghanistan
(based on written questions asked by John Spellar and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Superannuation bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 138 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75.19% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 586 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Labour Friends of Israel
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2,100 travel and accommodation
Date of visit: 1-5 March 2013
Purpose of visit: to attend AIPAC Policy Conference and for meetings with US Government officials and Congressmen and others
(Registered 27 March 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor:
13)Barclays Plc
Address of donor:
13)1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP
14)Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH
15)1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
13)£3,048.32 towards travel and accommodation
14)£3,048.32 towards travel and accommodation
15)£304.84 towards travel and accommodation
Destination of visit: Singapore and Indonesia
Date of visit: 9-15 March 2013
Purpose of visit: All-Party parliamentary Group for Trade and Invesment visit to Singaore and Indonesa to promote trade and specifically British exports in the education, infrastructure and architecture sectors.
(Registered 27 March 2013)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 (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 | £10,460 (500th) | £11,779 (532nd) | £10,764 (557th) | £10,666 | £10,455 (563rd) | £10,005 (564th) | £10,899 (582nd) | £9,167 (577th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £12,297 (527th) | £9,799 (596th) | £11,093 (610th) | £9,686 | £8,463 (626th) | £18,294 (431st) | £8,857 (633rd) | £8,098 (570th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,038 (126th) | £85,941 (385th) | £76,315 (537th) | £74,200 | £74,735 (150th) | £69,897 (193rd) | £64,250 (334th) | £47,270 (270th) |
| Communications Allowance | £516 (585th) | £9,102 (274th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,634 (463rd)1 | £4,754 (479th)2 | £5,265 (453rd)3 | £5,202 | £6,272 (489th) | £5,879 (487th) | £5,799 (496th) | £5,633 (440th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £101 (joint 340th with 1 other) | £605 (174th) | £605 (197th) | £1,210 | £1,745 (98th) | £1,131 (141st) | £1,234 (127th) | £541 (231st) |
| 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 | £2,968 (380th) | £342 (565th) | £637 (joint 453rd with 1 other) | £834 | £603 (450th) | £382 (joint 568th with 1 other) | £255 (628th) | £412 (584th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £975 (572nd) | £3,185 (269th) | £3,733 | £2,263 (365th) | £870 (584th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,029 (joint 556th with 2 others) | £1,149 (joint 172nd with 2 others) | £904 | £1,372 (613th) | £1,372 (601st) | £1,372 (583rd) | £468 (606th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £132,015 (532nd) | £124,326 (576th) | £109,013 (609th) | £106,435 | £107,526 (574th) | £109,404 (516th) | £94,193 (595th) | £72,816 (569th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,535 (123rd). Rail £99 (560th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,534 (156th). Rail £220 (531st).