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Kerry McCarthy
Labour MP for Bristol East

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    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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    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)

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    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.”

    More of Kerry McCarthy's recent appearances

    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

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:
    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 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)
    Name of donor: Justice for Colombia
    Address of donor: 75 St John’s Street, London EC1M 4NN
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2,200
    Destination of visit: Colombia
    Date of visit: 26 February-3 March 2012
    Purpose of visit: visit organized by Parliamentary Friends of Colombia to explore the human rights situation in Colombia.
    (Registered 11 April 2012)
    8. Land and Property
    Part-share of house in Luton.

    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.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    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).

    3 Car £2,825 (336th). Rail £3,238 (250th).