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Neil Gerrard

Labour MP for Walthamstow

• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
• Standing down at the next election
• Majority: 7,993 votes. — 221st 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 Neil Gerrard voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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 against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Administration Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Justice, Health, Work and Pensions, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): National Offender Management Service, Asylum Seekers, Probation Service, Prisons, Asylum/Immigration

(based on written questions asked by Neil Gerrard and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Offender Management Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Sexual Offences Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (8 Feb 2010)

“It is good that for the first time, we are debating what is in the orders, at least to some extent. It has been mentioned that we should have had an opportunity to do so before now. I recall from the passage of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 that that Bill included a section dealing with asset-freezing orders and some aspects of how they could be challenged. The right hon. and learned Member...”

Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (8 Feb 2010)

“Absolutely; it is a criminal offence to give such assistance. There were queries about whether paying for an Oyster card or allowing someone to borrow a car would constitute giving them economic assistance. There was constant correspondence between the solicitors representing those individuals and the Treasury to try to determine exactly where the boundaries of the orders lay. Any new...”

Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (8 Feb 2010)

“That is clearly the case, and that is why I am worried about the use of reasonable suspicion in imposing sanctions on individuals. We could be dealing with people about whom, yes, there might be a suspicion, but there is no proof. That is an important distinction. In dealing with the question of reasonable suspicion, the Supreme Court had quite a lot to say. Lord Hope said that Security...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 87 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• 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 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above 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.
• 80 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Neil Gerrard speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 329 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

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.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,136 (417th). Other: Rail £115 (110th). European £1,809 (17th).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,208 (432nd).

¹ Rail £58 (563rd). Other £1,096 (18th).