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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 very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. 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 for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
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- Sometimes 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, Health, Trade and Industry
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Foreign Affairs and International Development (15 May 2012)
“It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis), who in his short time in this place has brought the experience of his previous work into Parliament. I congratulate him on his speech. As I wanted to speak in this debate, I had to cancel a meeting with the chief executive of a company just across the river. He sent me an e-mail saying that he hoped I...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Foreign Affairs and International Development (15 May 2012)
“Absolutely, and that shows the strength and power of the relationship, which does not bind countries into a centralised you-will-all-do-the-same-thing approach but welcomes and supports them as individual countries. Let us not forget that the Commonwealth’s membership includes two of the world’s largest 10 economies—the UK and India—and two members of the G7: Canada...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Foreign Affairs and International Development (15 May 2012)
“My hon. Friend talks about doubting Thomases. What would he say to people who ask, “Why do we give aid to a country like India when it has nuclear weapons?”?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below 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 53.10% 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") 446 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 | £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).