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Kerry McCarthy
Labour MP for Bristol East
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kerry McCarthy voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Sign Language, Housing Benefit, Animal Experiments, Housing, Disability Living Allowance
(based on written questions asked by Kerry McCarthy and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Education: Schools: Food (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on nutritional standards in schools.”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Nature Conservation (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will bring forward proposals to transfer the status of the lion from Appendix II to Appendix I at the next Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Conference of the Parties meeting in March 2013; and whether she has discussed this issue with her EU counterparts to form a common...”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Thailand (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Thailand on the imprisonment and death of Ampon Tangnoppakul.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 86 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 110 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 80.47% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 224 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £20,492 (262nd) | £21,266 (328th) | £21,760 (286th) | £21,139 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,984 (215th) | £17,395 (374th) | £24,325 (113th) | £22,992 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £102,413 (94th) | £94,398 (joint 65th with 1 other) | £90,611 (joint 60th with 1 other) | £73,851 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £11,841 (102nd) | £9,314 (252nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,803 (393rd)1 | £4,563 (490th)2 | £6,063 (401st)3 | £5,851 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £269 (joint 255th with 1 other) | £297 (joint 280th with 1 other) | £559 (209th) | £908 | ||||
| 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 | £6,551 (81st) | £949 (244th) | £2,450 (65th) | £1,064 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £530 (611th) | £8,479 (49th) | £1,062 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,322 (159th) | £1,240 (joint 72nd with 2 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £3,001 (43rd) | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £175,042 (35th) | £153,035 (215th) | £155,487 (45th) | £127,797 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,204 (470th). Rail £4,512 (208th). Misc £5 (250th). Other: Rail £82 (113th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,102 (510th). Rail £3,461 (265th).