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Neil Gerrard
Former Labour MP for Walthamstow
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Majority: 7,993 votes. — 221st out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Neil Gerrard voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Southern Africa: HIV Infection (8 Apr 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to fulfil its commitments under the Achieving Universal Access AIDS Strategy, in (a) Lesotho, (b) Botswana and (c) Swaziland.”
- Business of the House: Digital Economy Bill [ Lords] (6 Apr 2010) has video
“I shall try to be brief, because many of the issues that I wanted to discuss have been covered. This is probably the last time I will speak in the House, so I am glad to be discussing an important Bill. Most of the comments have been about file sharing and internet access, and there have been a few about orphan works. Other important aspects that most of us think worth while have also been...”
- Business of the House: Digital Economy Bill [ Lords] (6 Apr 2010) has video
“I notice the Liberal Democrats are still denying that there might be one. I am interested in their position on clause 18-having proposed it, they later decided that it was a dreadful thing and had to be opposed.”
More of Neil Gerrard's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 89 written questions in the last year — 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 78.03% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 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.
- 59 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 333 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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 | £11,048 (567th) | £8,733 (607th) | £14,567 (565th) | £14,107 | £16,024 (444th) | £15,598 (559th) | £13,671 (576th) | £10,455 (508th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,992 (127th) | £83,247 (463rd) | £85,847 (263rd) | £79,247 | £75,470 (131st) | £69,519 (203rd) | £72,167 (39th) | £48,799 (224th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,051 (504th) | £5,721 (425th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,208 (joint 610th with 1 other)1 | £3,060 (549th)2 | £1,154 (612th)3 | £1,177 | £2,546 (600th) | £1,818 (620th) | £922 (637th) | £981 (joint 629th with 1 other) |
| 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 | £1,952 (523rd) | £626 (joint 415th with 1 other) | £553 (joint 506th with 1 other) | £594 | £820 (352nd) | £737 (joint 387th with 2 others) | £1,101 (291st) | £664 (joint 480th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,570 (joint 451st with 1 other) | £1,122 (568th) | £1,094 | £1,610 (473rd) | £1,406 (504th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,240 (joint 273rd with 1 other) | £1,031 (371st) | £253 | £1,576 (joint 549th with 1 other) | £1,576 (joint 535th with 1 other) | £1,576 (joint 508th with 1 other) | £1,576 (429th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £10,035 (10th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £122,166 (587th) | £117,044 (611th) | £106,986 (612th) | £99,085 | £99,664 (622nd) | £92,228 (626th) | £90,964 (604th) | £63,702 (631st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,208 (432nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,136 (417th). Other: Rail £115 (110th). European £1,809 (17th).