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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 very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. 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 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 a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. 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 moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. 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, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Sign Language, Burma, Housing Benefit, Animal Experiments, Housing
(based on written questions asked by Kerry McCarthy and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) 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)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Coinage (Measurement) 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)
- 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 — Prime Minister: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (14 May 2013)
“To ask the Prime Minister whether he discussed his possible attendance at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo during his recent bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Harper of Canada.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (14 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the housing cost contribution under universal credit on (a) levels of homelessness and (b) the number of people aged from 21 to 25 years making a separate claim for universal credit to cover housing costs.”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Cambodia (13 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Cambodia.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 81 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 205 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 80.03% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 22 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") 283 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Jordan Group and the Jordanian House of Representatives
Address of donor: Al Umah Street, Amman, Jordan
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2,029.45, covering travel costs, accommodation, subsistence and internal tours
Destination of visit: Jordan
Date of visit: 8-14 April 2012
Purpose of visit: All-Party Parliamentary Jordan Group delegation
(Registered 1 May 2012)
Name of donor: Falkland Islands Government
Address of donor: The Secretariat, Stanley, Falkland Islands FIQQ 1ZZ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2,303
Destination of visit: Falkland Islands
Date of visit: 10-16 June 2012
Purpose of visit: attendance at 30th Anniversary of Falkland Islands Liberation
(Registered 3 July 2012)
Name of donor: Oxfam GB
Address of donor: Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2JY
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flight, hotel, food, airport transport; total £1,304.19
Destination of visit: New York
Date of visit: 1-4 July 2012
Purpose of visit: to undertake lobby and media work at UN, as part of an Oxfam delegation, to support an Arms Trade Treaty.
(Registered 7 August 2012)
Name of donor:
Address of donor:
1)222 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB
2)Plymouth Port, Millbay, Plymouth, Devon PL1 3EW
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)Travel and accommodation for two people; cost £650
2)Discount on travel and accommodation for two people; value £250
Destination of visit: Bay of Biscay
Date of visit: 17-19 July 2012
Purpose of visit: whale watching visit in Bay of Biscay organized by ORCA and WSPA, highlighting challenges of marine and cetacean conservation
(Registered 21 August 2012)
8. Land and Property
Part-share of house in Luton.
McCARTNEY, Jason (Colne Valley)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA:
Payment of £600 for completing eight opinion surveys between April 2012 and February 2013. Hours: 4 hrs in total. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 18 April 2013)
Payment from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY:
Payment of £150 for opinion survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 26 November 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: The European Azerbaijan Society
Address of donor: 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,100, covering costs of flights, accommodation and internal travel
Destination of visit: Azerbaijan
Date of visit: 18-22 July 2012
Purpose of visit: to meet local Azeri MPs, the UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan, a delegation from the EU Office in Baku and other senior officials, and to visit the British War Memorial and a refugee camp in the region.
(Registered 26 July 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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).