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Kate Hoey
Labour MP for Vauxhall
- Entered Parliament on 15 June 1989 — unknown
- Majority: 9,977 votes. — 159th 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 Kate Hoey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for 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
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Trade and Industry, Northern Ireland
- 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)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- National Lottery (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: DNA: Databases (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of people with records on the National DNA Database entered after a suspected offence for which they were not prosecuted were subsequently convicted of the same offence in the latest period for which figures are available.”
- Written Answers — Prime Minister: Northern Ireland (5 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Prime Minister how many hours he has spent in Northern Ireland on official visits between the date of his appointment and 26 January 2010.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Criminal Justice and Policing (Devolution) (3 Feb 2010) has video
“Does the Secretary of State agree that it is very important that no party in Northern Ireland is seen to be blackmailing Her Majesty's Government? The actions of Sinn Fein, in threatening to pull down the Assembly if the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach did not go almost straight over to Northern Ireland and spend hours without sleep, would not seem to any reasonable person a sensible way...”
More of Kate Hoey's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 55 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 48% 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.
- 226 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Kate Hoey speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 397 times in debates — above 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 | £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 (558th) | £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)3 | £2,186 (581st)2 | £2,784 (562nd)1 | £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 (621st) | £100,677 (632nd) | £108,805 (610th) | £109,044 | £99,979 (621st) | £81,103 (649th) | £82,911 (638th) | £58,707 (645th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,186 (377th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,954 (376th). Other: Rail £79 (115th).