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Margaret Hodge
Labour MP for Barking
- Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport (since 24 Sep 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 19 June 1994 — unknown
- Majority: 8,883 votes. — 114th 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 Margaret Hodge voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted 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 very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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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
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (22 out of n/a)
- Children Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Museums and Galleries: Finance (8 Feb 2010)
“holding answer 29 January 2010 For the period of 2003-04 to 2009-10, the Department has invested a total of £27.21 million in the strategic commissioning programme. The remaining £4.79 million of the £32 million will be spent during 2010-11.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Museums and Galleries: Yorkshire and Humberside (8 Feb 2010)
“The table shows Government grants to (a) national and (b) local museums in (i) Yorkshire and the Humber and (ii) the City of York in each year since 1996-97. The funding provided includes grant in aid allocated to national museums and galleries by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS); grants given since 2002-03 by the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund (of...”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Theatre: Young People (8 Feb 2010)
“My Department provided Arts Council England £2,500,000 of funding to administer this two-year scheme in 2009-10. £2,400,000 of this money has been allocated directly to the theatres who will be delivering the scheme, with the final £100,000 being spent on marketing. Funding arrangements have been agreed with each participating venue. Arts Council England to date has awarded...”
More of Margaret Hodge's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 55% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 23 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 529 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 (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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £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 | £22,744 (92nd) | £24,767 (59th) | £20,406 (316th) | £23,167 | £13,937 (530th) | £18,625 (378th) | £17,745 (420th) | £9,962 (524th) |
| Staffing costs | £97,244 (264th) | £85,976 (382nd) | £87,276 (joint 156th with 7 others) | £84,078 | £76,502 (111th) | £74,702 (52nd) | £65,074 (304th) | £46,153 (311th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,677 (43rd) | £11,018 (74th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £930 (618th)3 | £1,184 (609th)2 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £6,994 (joint 17th with 2 others) | £1,869 (40th) | £8,023 (5th) | £2,594 | £944 (joint 309th with 1 other) | £1,168 (joint 194th with 1 other) | £1,402 (182nd) | £833 (398th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,430 (108th) | £26,689 (3rd) | £12,490 | £4,980 (139th) | £6,308 (66th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,199 (joint 326th with 5 others) | £1,195 (122nd) | £1,014 | £1,401 (joint 605th with 1 other) | £1,401 (joint 592nd with 1 other) | £1,401 (joint 574th with 1 other) | £1,071 (546th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £907 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,119 (42nd) |
| Total | £144,505 (joint 386th with 1 other) | £133,255 (495th) | £146,301 (145th) | £126,863 | £99,382 (624th) | £103,778 (574th) | £87,149 (625th) | £60,365 (643rd) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,184 (499th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £930 (503rd).