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Lady Hermon
UUP MP for North Down
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 4,944 votes. — 373rd 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 Lady Hermon voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 3 Dec 2008)
- Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 1 Nov 2005)
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Northern Ireland, Home Department, Defence, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Juvenile Justice Centre, Correspondence, Police, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Alzheimer's Disease
(based on written questions asked by Lady Hermon and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (26 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Fraud (25 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people called the Benefit Fraud hotline in each of the last 12 months; how many such calls were followed up with an investigation; and how many prosecutions for benefit fraud leading to a conviction there have been in the same period.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Criminal Justice and Policing (Devolution) (3 Feb 2010) has video
“For those of us who definitely do not want to go back to direct rule and who want devolution and the talks at Hillsborough to succeed, with the principles of tolerance and respect at their core, what more can we in this House do to encourage those in the negotiations to take them forward and make them successful, in the interests of everyone in Northern Ireland?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Weapon Decommissioning (Loyalist Paramilitaries) (16 Dec 2009) has video
“In its discussions with loyalists about decommissioning, can the Northern Ireland Office explain to the House what efforts it has made to glean any information about the whereabouts of Lisa Dorrian, a constituent of mine who was murdered and disappeared almost five years ago by people with loyalist connections?”
More of Lady Hermon's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 85 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 3 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 26% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below 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") 136 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 10 Mar 2010. More about the Register
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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 | £1,252 (580th) | £16,999 (462nd) | £19,026 (420th) | £17,660 | £15,426 (478th) | £18,592 (340th) | £17,492 (450th) | £13,827 (453rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,720 (370th) | £12,309 (533rd) | £13,605 (574th) | £13,804 | £8,759 (624th) | £14,395 (579th) | £13,483 (579th) | £21,819 (119th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,364 (149th) | £92,017 (125th) | £87,084 (193rd) | £75,240 | £77,567 (75th) | £64,657 (453rd) | £62,467 (386th) | £34,684 (594th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £66 (600th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,404 (363rd)1 | £8,010 (298th)2 | £10,962 (169th)3 | £12,042 | £12,088 (268th) | £17,427 (83rd) | £12,813 (206th) | £12,201 (134th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,230 (59th) | £922 (117th) | £640 (186th) | £866 | £1,527 (117th) | £1,678 (80th) | £1,651 (77th) | £600 (joint 214th with 1 other) |
| 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 | £2,477 (444th) | £362 (joint 554th with 2 others) | £766 (joint 383rd with 1 other) | £550 | £569 (464th) | £664 (joint 423rd with 1 other) | £545 (552nd) | £111 (643rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,634 (278th) | £3,585 (227th) | £1,795 | £2,025 (402nd) | £2,112 (joint 388th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £685 (joint 633rd with 1 other) | £983 (joint 441st with 2 others) | £376 | £1,829 (joint 427th with 1 other) | £1,829 (joint 420th with 1 other) | £1,829 (joint 404th with 1 other) | £1,453 (joint 488th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,452 (73rd) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £128,448 (553rd) | £134,004 (489th) | £136,651 (345th) | £122,333 | £121,242 (374th) | £121,354 (276th) | £110,280 (390th) | £84,695 (418th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £663 (490th). Air £5,741 (65th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £437 (498th). Air £7,573 (63rd).