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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
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kerry McCarthy voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. 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, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Sign Language, Housing Benefit, Housing, Animal Experiments, Disability Living Allowance
(based on written questions asked by Kerry McCarthy and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- 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)
- 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)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- 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)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- [Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Work Capability Assessments (1 Feb 2012)
“My hon. Friend makes a powerful case. I went to an appeal with someone with ME who scored zero points. She took with her the medical evidence from the experts at the hospital; when the panel looked at it, it was a case of giving it a tick and telling her that of course she was not fit to work. However, those dealing with the form-filling and Atos stage were not prepared to consider it. It...”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Welfare: Circuses (1 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the recent ruling of the Austrian Constitutional Court discussing an application brought by Circus Krone to challenge Austria's ban on the use of wild animals in circuses, what steps her Department will take to introduce a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prison Places (31 Jan 2012)
“What arrangements his Department has put in place to deal with any future shortfall in prison places.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 96 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 120 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 79.73% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 214 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from Populus Ltd, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT, for taking part in research projects:
Payment of £50. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 24 January 2011)
Payment of £80 from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for taking part in research survey. Hours: 5 mins. Payment made direct to charity. (Registered 16 December 2010)
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:
Payment of £75 for February-March 2011 survey. Hours: 10 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 1 April 2011)
Payment of £75 for March-April 2011 survey. Hours: 10 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 1April 2011)
Payment of £75 for April-May 2011 survey. Hours: 10 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 31 May 2011)
Payment of £75 for May-June 2011 survey. Hours: 10 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 12 July 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development
Address of donor: House of Commons
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,690.02
Destination of visit: Kenya
Date of visit: 12-18 September 2010
Purpose of visit: to examine a number of issues related to food security and nutrition in Eastern Africa.
(Registered 20 September 2010)
Name of donor: Kurdistan Parliament – Iraq (KPI)
Address of donor: Erbil, Iraq
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £684 donation to costs of visit
Destination of visit: Kurdistan
Date of visit: 19-24 February 2011
Purpose of visit: to deliver the first workshop in the new programme ‘Support to the Kurdistan Parliament – Iraq’ for current members of the KPI, focusing on the roles and responsibilities of MPs with respect to the relationship between the government and the opposition.
(Registered 11 April 2011)
Name of donor: All Party Parliamentary China Group, sponsored by GKN plc, City of London, London Export Corporation (LEC), John Swire & Sons, GlaxoSmithKline, Astra Zeneca, Arup, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, HSBC.
Address of donor: c/o Great Britain China Centre, 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2,349.98; return flights to China, internal travel in China, accommodation and meals. I also received some meals and hospitality provided locally.
Destination of visit: China; Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu
Date of visit: 16-23 December 2011
Purpose of visit: to maintain and strengthen relations between Parliament and the National People’s Congress of China; to learn about and support British businesses operating in China; and to deepen the knowledge and understanding of parliamentarians of China.
(Registered 4 January 2012)
8. Land and Property
Part-share of house in Luton.
Register last updated: 13 Jan 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).