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Kelvin Hopkins
Labour MP for Luton North
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kelvin Hopkins voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Justice, Education and Skills, Health, Children, Schools and Families
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways: Franchises, Directly Operated Railways, Probation, Departments: Contracts, Thameslink Railway Line
(based on written questions asked by Kelvin Hopkins and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Aviation (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- High Hedges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“I do not follow the right hon. Lady’s logic. She says that the Jews and the Quakers have a particular position, which has been accommodated. Why cannot we have a particular position, which is accommodated too?”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“I welcome the debate. I strongly support new clause 15 and the associated amendments, and believe that it would be a massive, progressive step if the provisions were enacted. I declare an interest as vice-chair since 1997 of the all-party parliamentary humanist group, and as an active member of the British Humanist Association. In that sense, I have a vested interest, but even if I were not a...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“Hon. Members are calling out numbers to me—600 in England and 2,500 in Scotland. Why something is so easy in Scotland and so difficult in England is beyond me to imagine. One point that the hon. Member for Banbury (Sir Tony Baldry) made quite strongly concerned democracy. Democracy is not dictatorship of the majority. Our kind of democracy accepts freedoms for minorities as well. The...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 84 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 90 written questions in the last year — 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 76.16% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 611 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | £1,123 (581st) | £1,242 (584th) | £2,156 (585th) | £819 | £296 (610th) | £269 (610th) | £5,354 (611th) | £5,845 (602nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,578 (376th) | £21,298 (149th) | £20,720 (257th) | £19,786 | £13,771 (535th) | £12,937 (603rd) | £14,005 (572nd) | £7,609 (582nd) |
| Staffing costs | £99,094 (195th) | £88,520 (291st) | £79,577 (459th) | £74,404 | £69,206 (406th) | £62,335 (557th) | £52,642 (608th) | £43,196 (436th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,525 (274th) | £1,183 (575th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,929 (447th)1 | £5,746 (417th)2 | £4,526 (joint 489th with 1 other)3 | £3,845 | £4,023 (565th) | £4,068 (557th) | £3,579 (577th) | £3,600 (539th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £18 (411th) | £48 (joint 412th with 1 other) | £24 (joint 428th with 1 other) | £25 | £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 | £2,361 (463rd) | £674 (joint 374th with 1 other) | £600 (joint 473rd with 3 others) | £784 | £1,823 (joint 128th with 1 other) | £1,213 (181st) | £910 (376th) | £1,502 (171st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,821 (407th) | £1,216 (550th) | £2,474 | £4,693 (152nd) | £4,137 (156th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,277 (joint 218th with 1 other) | £1,445 (19th) | £1,566 | £1,559 (559th) | £1,176 (630th) | £467 (646th) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £133,629 (515th) | £121,809 (585th) | £110,264 (607th) | £103,703 | £95,371 (633rd) | £86,135 (641st) | £76,957 (652nd) | £61,752 (638th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £556 (536th). Rail £3,900 (241st). Misc £473 (79th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £600 (550th). Rail £3,919 (243rd). Misc £354 (84th). Other: European £873 (66th).
3 Car £1,115 (525th). Rail £83 (554th). Air £41 (242nd). Other £3,287 (8th).