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Keith Vaz
Labour MP for Leicester East
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Keith Vaz voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for 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 automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Constitutional Affairs, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Yemen, Public Bodies, Bonus Payments, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Diabetes
(based on written questions asked by Keith Vaz and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (20 out of 22)
- Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police (Administrative Burden) (21 May 2012)
“In evidence to the Select Committee, the chief constables of the West Midlands and Surrey informed the Committee that £5 million had been allocated to work with the private sector in order to cut costs and reduce administrative burdens. Given what happened at the Police Federation conference last week, would it not be a good idea for the Home Secretary to sit down with all the...”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Video Games (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether his Department has any plans to place further restrictions on the content of video games following the testimony of Anders Breivik.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Video Games (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many representations his Department has received from the Pan European Game Information Service in relation to newly-published video games.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 103 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 315 written questions in the last year — well above 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 50.73% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 61 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 1064 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £23,831 (83rd) | £20,787 (359th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,271 | £20,795 (240th) | £20,049 (248th) | £19,260 (joint 344th with 1 other) | £15,549 (joint 283rd with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £13 (joint 130th with 7 others) |
| Office running costs | £10,616 (573rd) | £26,308 (35th) | £20,616 (271st) | £19,451 | £19,286 (joint 156th with 1 other) | £18,729 (323rd) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £28,639 (37th) |
| Staffing costs | £110,765 (10th) | £82,637 (479th) | £87,088 (192nd) | £84,624 | £76,107 (118th) | £74,181 (58th) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £24,671 (645th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,383 (180th) | £9,427 (240th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,354 (187th)1 | £13,746 (110th)2 | £9,358 (251st)3 | £7,756 | £13,649 (191st) | £17,192 (90th) | £15,728 (125th) | £12,303 (130th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £530 (153rd) | £230 (joint 303rd with 2 others) | £834 (151st) | £483 | £111 (418th) | £1,212 (129th) | £1,410 (joint 104th with 1 other) | £70 (joint 422nd with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £744 (155th) | £750 (154th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £48 (102nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,715 (74th) | £1,612 (joint 72nd with 1 other) | £1,533 (153rd) | £1,877 | £2,097 (103rd) | £3,515 (20th) | £6,365 (3rd) | £3,514 (11th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,484 (joint 102nd with 1 other) | £5,578 (118th) | £5,280 | £4,607 (157th) | £18,894 (6th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,329 (joint 150th with 1 other) | £1,118 (joint 220th with 5 others) | £1,721 | £1,721 (506th) | £1,721 (497th) | £1,721 (469th) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £8,772 (10th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £173,937 (45th) | £161,358 (81st) | £148,235 (115th) | £142,463 | £138,373 (78th) | £164,265 (2nd) | £128,314 (41st) | £84,759 (416th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £8,875 (6th). Rail £1,296 (425th). Other: Mileage £183 (34th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £8,444 (6th). Rail £2,165 (344th). Other: Mileage £278 (24th). Rail £169 (94th). Air £280 (27th). European £2,410 (8th).