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Mike Hancock
Liberal Democrat MP for Portsmouth South
- Entered Parliament on 14 June 1984 — unknown
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mike Hancock voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Uganda, Parliamentary Questions, Animal Experiments, Retirement Age
(based on written questions asked by Mike Hancock and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Health and Social Care Bill Committee (16 out of 40)
- Chairman, Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Chairman, Children and Adoption Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances: Iran (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long on average Iranian citizens wishing to enter the UK for a holiday wait for a visa; and what steps have been taken to enable Iranians to obtain such visas following the closure of the UK embassy in Tehran.”
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Business: Portsmouth (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many new jobs have been created by small businesses in Portsmouth South constituency in each of the last five years.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“I was confused when that list was being read out. Was the right hon. Gentleman as confused as I was when it was said that local authorities should do more about procurement fraud? Was it seriously being suggested that when local authorities know about such fraud, they do nothing about it? That was mind-boggling.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 165 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 58.79% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 403 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Councillor and an Executive Member of Portsmouth City Council. Address: Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2BG.
February 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 4 February 2011)
March 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 2 March 2011)
April 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 21 April 2011)
May 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 26 May 2011)
June 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 27 June 2011)
July 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 29 July 2011)
August 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 30 August 2011)
September 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 27 September 2011)
October 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 7 October 2011)
November 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 25 November 2011)
December 2011, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs. (Registered 13 December 2011)
January 2012, received basic allowance of £850 and a special responsibility allowance as a Cabinet member of £595. Hours: 70-80 hrs.(Registered 30 January 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan
Address of donor: 4, Mirgasimov str, apt 44, AZ 1007 Baku, Azerbaijan
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and three nights hotel accommodation; cost £1,500
Destination of visit: Azerbaijan
Date of visit: 23-25 September 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend conference and celebration on the 20th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan
(Registered 28 October 2011)
Register last updated: 30 Jan 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.
| 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 | £7,303 (552nd) | £10,859 (548th) | £11,706 (543rd) | £8,952 | £12,739 (532nd) | £15,264 (466th) | £13,310 (555th) | £10,465 (558th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £22,277 (110th) | £21,251 (162nd) | £20,401 (317th) | £21,192 | £18,859 (267th) | £18,762 (joint 293rd with 1 other) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £18,042 (236th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,064 (166th) | £85,508 (398th) | £81,827 (407th) | £80,782 | £74,011 (193rd) | £67,611 (351st) | £65,263 (288th) | £44,539 (381st) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,302 (201st) | £9,358 (248th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,612 (408th)1 | £6,327 (380th)2 | £5,919 (406th)3 | £5,194 | £10,135 (331st) | £10,597 (303rd) | £9,933 (326th) | £8,892 (282nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £24 (469th) | £0 | £644 (206th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £1,080 (117th) | 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 | £4,935 (189th) | £1,758 (57th) | £2,054 (95th) | £1,103 | £1,099 (259th) | £1,318 (154th) | £1,179 (261st) | £1,259 (240th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,947 (64th) | £5,582 (117th) | £2,972 | £3,083 (261st) | £3,418 (212th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,259 (joint 247th with 2 others) | £1,090 (joint 258th with 10 others) | £0 | £1,920 (joint 268th with 2 others) | £1,920 (joint 264th with 2 others) | £1,920 (joint 259th with 2 others) | £1,920 (joint 245th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £477 (52nd) |
| Total | £150,494 (324th) | £142,347 (386th) | £128,579 (474th) | £120,195 | £121,846 (360th) | £118,914 (336th) | £109,839 (joint 400th with 1 other) | £86,238 (379th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,109 (80th). Rail £32 (579th). Misc £471 (80th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,536 (72nd). Misc £791 (44th).