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Jon Cruddas
Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham
- Also represented Dagenham
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jon Cruddas voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Work and Pensions, Health, Treasury, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prisons: Barking and Dagenham, Thames Gateway, Minimum Wage, Post Offices, Minimum Wage: Enforcement
(based on written questions asked by Jon Cruddas and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
- Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 21)
- Employment Relations Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
- Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
- Local Government Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- British Overseas Territories Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
- Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair] — Ford Motor Manufacturing (6 Nov 2012)
“As is the custom, I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) on securing this debate and those who have made contributions. We share the deep concern for our constituents and their material well-being following the announcement. The workers who are employed at the Ford Dagenham stamping plant and tool room operations were shocked and bewildered by...”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Sudan (7 Sep 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the government of Sudan about (a) women's rights activist Nahid Gabralla who was arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence Security Service on 3 July 2012 and who is being held at Omdurman Women's Prison and (b) other human rights campaigners detained in Sudanese prisons.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum (19 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the UK Border Agency does not recognise asylum seekers from non-Arab ethnic groups from Darfur as members of such groups; and what assessment she has made of the likelihood of non-Arab Darfuri asylum seekers returned from the UK to Sudan being at risk of detention and torture.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — well 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 71.59% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below 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 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") 56 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £23,647 (101st) | £23,071 (164th) | £22,055 (240th) | £21,535 | £19,646 (323rd) | £20,250 (joint 215th with 1 other) | £19,631 (joint 293rd with 1 other) | £14,854 (371st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £21,740 (136th) | £13,067 (516th) | £14,683 (560th) | £19,501 | £11,317 (590th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £17,596 (joint 436th with 1 other) | £37,004 (9th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,226 (119th) | £82,371 (487th) | £86,017 (260th) | £84,417 | £78,042 (60th) | £82,484 (1st) | £69,477 (76th) | £38,807 (533rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,769 (251st) | £9,469 (joint 235th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,744 (591st)1 | £3,594 (533rd)2 | £3,064 (553rd)3 | £3,118 | £4,786 (542nd) | £5,054 (520th) | £5,338 (510th) | £4,345 (498th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £5,893 (128th) | £2,146 (14th) | £597 (479th) | £211 | £726 (392nd) | £1,018 (245th) | £1,646 (131st) | £1,114 (joint 290th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,830 (77th) | £2,560 (331st) | £1,034 | £285 (636th) | £2,982 (266th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,118 (469th) | £980 (joint 449th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,968 (joint 134th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 127th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 126th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 121st with 10 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £5,295 (27th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £164,019 (141st) | £144,961 (353rd) | £129,956 (452nd) | £129,816 | £116,770 (465th) | £132,555 (88th) | £115,656 (265th) | £98,092 (115th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,744 (397th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,176 (280th). Other: European £418 (115th).