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Mr Kevin Hughes
Former Labour MP for Doncaster North

    • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
    • Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Mr Kevin Hughes voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
      • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
      • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
      • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
      • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
      • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
      • Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
      • Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
      • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
      • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
      • Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
      • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
      • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted very strongly against a smoking ban. votes
      • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes

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      Most recent appearances

      NHS Funding (9 Feb 2005)

      “I warmly welcome the statement and wholeheartedly congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he is doing with the fair shares initiative—it shows the clear difference between us and that lot on the Opposition Benches—but do the increases contain any special recognition for areas such as mine that are having difficulties in recruiting GPs?”

      Written Answers — Education and Skills: Salt Consumption (9 Feb 2005)

      “To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) whether support is provided in schools to young people with (a) diabetes and (b) kidney-related illnesses to educate them about the dangers of over-consumption of salt; (2) what initiatives are being undertaken in schools to raise awareness of the dangers of over-consumption of salt by young people.”

      Five-year Asylum Strategy (7 Feb 2005)

      “I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. Anybody with half an ounce of grey matter between their ears knows that economic migrants are a good and necessary thing for this country. The real problem is the amount of people who try to cheat the asylum system. My constituents want the Home Secretary to concentrate on that issue, not get drawn in to a "mine's bigger than yours" contest with the...”

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      Numerology

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      • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
      • Has voted in 82.99% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
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      Expenses

      Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).

      Type2008/092007/082006/072005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
      Staying away from main home      £0 £16,150 (453rd) £10,724 (553rd) £19,386 (333rd) £15,058 (347th)
      London costs      £0 £0 £0 £0 £17 (joint 121st with 8 others)
      Office running costs      £0 £15,437 (476th) £16,727 (537th) £16,577 (500th) £12,545 (443rd)
      Staffing costs      £11,367 £72,898 (226th) £57,482 (618th) £53,030 (602nd) £37,272 (559th)
      Communications AllowanceN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Travel      £138 £10,131 (332nd) £9,605 (337th) £8,907 (380th) £7,488 (346th)
      Members' Staff Travel      £191 £272 (334th) £72 (joint 443rd with 1 other) £363 (301st) £0
      Members' Spouse TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Family TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Centrally Purchased Stationery      £0 £249 (617th) £299 (597th) £519 (561st) £331 (joint 607th with 1 other)
      Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £0 £1,040 (568th) £1,250 (joint 519th with 1 other) N/A N/A
      Centrally Provided Computer Equipment      £1,266 £1,822 (joint 433rd with 2 others) £1,822 (joint 426th with 2 others) £1,822 (joint 407th with 2 others) £556 (joint 595th with 1 other)
      Other Costs      £20,456 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Total      £33,418 £117,999 (440th) £97,981 (607th) £100,604 (535th) £73,267 (565th)