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Kim Howells
Labour MP for Pontypridd
- Entered Parliament on 23 February 1989 — unknown
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 13,191 votes. — 88th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kim Howells voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (since 2 Feb 2010)
- Chairman, Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee (since 7 Oct 2009)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Wales, Energy and Climate Change, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Nuclear Power Stations, Visas: Iraq, Copyright: Internet, Broadcasting
(based on written questions asked by Kim Howells and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Communications Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
- Licensing Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Office of Communications Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009) has video
“It is a privilege to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Kensington and Chelsea (Sir Malcolm Rifkind), as ever. He is right to focus on my proposal that we should reinvent ourselves diplomatically. I sense that in the country there is increasing unease about the way in which we use our armed forces and why they are deployed. I am glad to see that over the past fortnight a debate on...”
- Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009) has video
“I am certainly not making this speech or writing anything on behalf of the Intelligence and Security Committee; I can tell my hon. Friend that for a kick-off. There are significant differences between the aims of the Afghan Taliban and their brother organisation in Pakistan, and al-Qaeda. The Afghan and Pakistani Taliban are fighting to take control of their respective countries, while...”
- Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009) has video
“Will the hon. Gentleman take it from me that after a particularly fierce battle to the west of Kandahar in the red desert, one officer-on our side, as it happens-told me that one Afghan detachment had changed sides three times in 24 hours? I do not know how many bribes were offered to that detachment, but is he saying that good British generals should be bribing Afghans not to fight each...”
More of Kim Howells's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 27 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.
- 57 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Kim Howells speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 745 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 (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 | £14,903 (432nd) | £16,013 (476th) | £16,696 (473rd) | £11,498 | £13,102 (523rd) | £14,243 (487th) | £18,300 (409th) | £14,112 (433rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £9,036 (595th) | £5,407 (635th) | £14,679 (561st) | £13,894 | £12,515 (566th) | £12,733 (606th) | £14,872 (554th) | £11,806 (472nd) |
| Staffing costs | £103,432 (79th) | £89,853 (236th) | £85,271 (286th) | £80,095 | £73,254 (joint 215th with 1 other) | £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) | £60,626 (510th) | £41,252 (489th) |
| Communications Allowance | £2,782 (533rd) | £5,855 (420th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,104 (159th)3 | £10,711 (200th)2 | £10,728 (186th)1 | £10,183 | £11,895 (274th) | £14,732 (157th) | £15,389 (130th) | £11,917 (140th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £214 (273rd) | £555 (190th) | £1,557 (61st) | £254 | £0 | £0 | £442 (275th) | £707 (189th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,090 (108th) | £2,265 (51st) | 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 | £3,135 (358th) | £304 (579th) | £434 (556th) | £457 | £705 (402nd) | £491 (joint 515th with 1 other) | £692 (joint 475th with 1 other) | £866 (385th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,016 (joint 563rd with 1 other) | £1,000 (582nd) | £1,199 | £2,301 (361st) | £1,218 (528th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,212 (joint 309th with 1 other) | £1,047 (350th) | £0 | £1,892 (joint 314th with 4 others) | £1,892 (joint 309th with 4 others) | £1,892 (joint 304th with 4 others) | £1,892 (joint 287th with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £145,696 (376th) | £133,191 (498th) | £131,412 (434th) | £117,580 | £117,282 (459th) | £111,156 (497th) | £113,740 (307th) | £83,779 (435th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,724 (237th). Rail £6,807 (123rd). Other: Rail £180 (88th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,455 (233rd). Rail £7,649 (90th).