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Kate Hoey
Labour MP for Vauxhall
- Entered Parliament on 15 June 1989 — unknown
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kate Hoey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against 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
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Zimbabwe, European Constitution, Departmental Staff, Playing Fields, Correspondence
(based on written questions asked by Kate Hoey and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- National Lottery (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes). We share many platforms as we have neighbouring constituencies and neighbouring boroughs. I agree with him very much about Bangladesh. We too have a Bangladeshi community in our area working in Waterloo and across the borough to his constituency. We send them our best wishes after the...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
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- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“I understand what the right hon. Gentleman says about people falling over in the street, but people come from Heathrow airport to the A and E department at my local hospital, St Thomas’s, with something that they knew perfectly well they had before they came. It is not as simple as saying, “We must look after the sick”; clearly there are limits. This is a form of health...”
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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 57 written questions in the last year — 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 55.54% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 13 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") 471 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £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 | £6,511 (630th) | £4,261 (641st) | £10,723 (614th) | £13,295 | £12,227 (575th) | £4,658 (654th) | £11,147 (609th) | £3,757 (639th) |
| Staffing costs | £81,129 (559th) | £81,010 (517th) | £78,750 (481st) | £84,852 | £75,367 (133rd) | £64,745 (451st) | £62,669 (383rd) | £45,995 (323rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,837 (250th) | £4,552 (480th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,033 (580th)1 | £2,186 (581st)2 | £2,784 (562nd)3 | £2,560 | £5,599 (514th) | £5,093 (517th) | £5,141 (joint 523rd with 1 other) | £4,374 (495th) |
| 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 | £5,051 (183rd) | £1,031 (joint 208th with 1 other) | £1,044 (266th) | £785 | £1,179 (242nd) | £873 (joint 316th with 3 others) | £1,023 (323rd) | £1,950 (77th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,637 (164th) | £3,688 (220th) | £2,008 | £2,585 (320th) | £2,756 (294th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,188 (345th) | £1,065 (joint 305th with 9 others) | £729 | £1,404 (603rd) | £1,404 (591st) | £1,404 (573rd) | £1,404 (502nd) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £8,039 (16th) | £2,202 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £107,477 (619th) | £100,677 (632nd) | £108,805 (610th) | £109,044 | £99,979 (621st) | £81,103 (649th) | £82,911 (638th) | £58,707 (645th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,954 (376th). Other: Rail £79 (115th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,186 (377th).