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Kelvin Hopkins

Labour MP for Luton North

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 6,487 votes. — 347th 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 Kelvin Hopkins voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very 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 for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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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, European Scrutiny Committee (since 26 Apr 2007)
• Member, Public Administration Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Education and Skills, Health, Transport, Children, Schools and Families, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Contracts, European Constitution, Local Authority Housing, Elexon Ltd., Group 4 Securicor

(based on written questions asked by Kelvin Hopkins and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Aviation (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• High Hedges Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

First Capital Connect — [Joan Walley in the Chair] (3 Feb 2010)

“The Minister is talking about the reduced train service. The major problem beyond that was that the automated indicator system often bore no relation to the service, the automated voice system bore no relation to the indicator system and, just occasionally, there would be a live voice trying to sort out the mess. Will the Minister address that problem?”

First Capital Connect — [Joan Walley in the Chair] (3 Feb 2010)

“The hon. Gentleman mentioned Berlin. Two years ago, I was with the Rail Freight Group in Berlin and I talked to the head of German railways. He was railing against the possibility that German railways could be privatised, on the basis of the British experience of privatisation, because it would be a total disaster.”

First Capital Connect — [Joan Walley in the Chair] (3 Feb 2010)

“It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for St. Albans (Anne Main) on securing it and on speaking so trenchantly. There may be shades of difference between our views on this matter, but we are both concerned about our constituents-and not only them; many thousands travel every day from Luton to London with First Capital Connect, and so do I. I know that other...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 67 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 40 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 65 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Kelvin Hopkins speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 411 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

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.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £600 (550th). Rail £3,919 (243rd). Misc £354 (84th). Other: European £873 (66th).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £556 (536th). Rail £3,900 (241st). Misc £473 (79th).

¹ Car £1,115 (525th). Rail £83 (554th). Air £41 (242nd). Other £3,287 (8th).