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Keith Vaz

Labour MP for Leicester East


  • Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
  • Majority: 15,876 votes. — 53rd out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

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Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Liaison Committee (since 8 Sep 2008)
  • Chairman, Home Affairs Committee (since 8 Aug 2007)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Constitutional Affairs, Trade and Industry

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Public Bodies, Yemen, Bonus Payments, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, BCCI

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009)

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws). I begin by paying tribute to the Select Committee for its excellent report. It is literally a weighty report. If we were to weigh Select Committee reports, I am sure we would find that it was the weightiest of last year. The Committee seems to have begun its deliberations in March 2008, a long time ago. I pay tribute to all...”

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009)

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I know that, when she was a distinguished Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for consular services, that was part of her portfolio. She gave evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on those matters. The concern is that there is not sufficient training to deal with these issues. We need to ensure that that happens. In a sense it is not just the...”

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009)

“I pay tribute to the work of my hon. Friend and his Committee on this very important subject. Did he specifically consider the position of children who had been trafficked into this country—a concern of the Home Affairs Committee in our last report—and had then been left in care, but escaped soon afterwards to carry on being abused by those who brought them here?”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 79 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 219 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 57% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 42 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.
  • 59 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Keith Vaz speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 817 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Barrister.
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
I am invited from time to time into the directors' box at Leicester City Football Club to watch matches.
6. Overseas visits
18-26 October 2008, to Goa, India, as part of a visit by the Leicester-India Football initiative. Local hospitality and travel was provided by the Goa FA. (I paid for my own flights and accommodation.) (Registered 30 October 2008)
7. Overseas benefits and gifts
On 28 December 2008 and 10 January 2009 my wife and children and I were upgraded on flights from London to Mumbai from standard class to business class and first class by Jet Airways. (Registered 14 January 2009)
On 1 April and 14 April 2009 my wife, children and I were upgraded on return flights from London to Mumbai from economy class to business class by Jet Airways. (Registered 23 April 2009)
8. Land and Property
I own a property at 144 Uppingham Road, Leicester, which is used as my constituency office.

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£20,787 (359th) £22,110 (joint 1st) £21,271 £20,795 (240th) £20,049 (248th) £19,260 (joint 344th) £15,549 (joint 283rd)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £13 (joint 130th)
Incidental Expenses Provision£26,308 (35th) £20,616 (271st) £19,451 £19,286 (joint 156th) £18,729 (323rd) £18,234 (joint 1st) £28,639 (37th)
Staffing Allowance£82,637 (479th) £87,088 (192nd) £84,624 £76,107 (118th) £74,181 (58th) £65,596 (joint 179th) £24,671 (645th)
Communications Allowance£9,427 (240th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£13,746 (110th)* £9,358 (251st)** £7,756 £13,649 (191st) £17,192 (90th) £15,728 (125th) £12,303 (130th)
Members' Staff Travel£230 (joint 303rd) £834 (151st) £483 £111 (418th) £1,212 (129th) £1,410 (joint 104th) £70 (joint 422nd)
Members' Spouse Travel£750 (154th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£48 (102nd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,612 (joint 72nd) £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) £5,578 (118th) £5,280 £4,607 (157th) £18,894 (6th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,329 (joint 150th) £1,118 (joint 220th) £1,721 £1,721 (506th) £1,721 (497th) £1,721 (469th) £0
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £8,772 (10th) £0 £0
Total£161,358 (81st) £148,235 (115th) £142,463 £138,373 (78th) £164,265 (2nd) £128,314 (41st) £84,759 (416th)

* 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).

** Car £8,644 (6th). Rail £714 (451st).