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Peter Kilfoyle

Labour MP for Liverpool, Walton

    • Entered Parliament on 4 July 1991 — unknown
    • Majority: 15,957 votes. — 4th out of 643 MPs.

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Peter Kilfoyle 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 very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
    • Voted 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 a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately 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

    Committees and topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Transport, Treasury, Health

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Tram and Light Rail Schemes, KPMG, Hedge Funds, BAE Systems

    (based on written questions asked by Peter Kilfoyle and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

    RSS feed Most recent appearances

    Petition — Badman Report (Sherwood): Ex Parte Applications (Family Courts) (20 Jan 2010) has video

    “I am very pleased to be able to bring this somewhat esoteric subject of ex parte applications in the family courts for consideration in the House. Ex parte applications are now known as without notice applications, and, effectively, only one side of the argument is presented in the courts when a particular type of order is sought from the courts. I believe that to be particularly acute in the...”

    Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Pay (5 Jan 2010)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) full-time employees of his Department with 25 years or more service and (b) full-time employees of his Department earn £15,000 per annum or less.”

    Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Regeneration (Liverpool) (8 Dec 2009) has video

    “What plans he has for the regeneration of north Liverpool.”

    More of Peter Kilfoyle's recent appearances

    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Is a member of 0 select committees (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 64% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 1 annotation 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.
    • 54 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Peter Kilfoyle speaks.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 262 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    6. Overseas visits
    2-8 April 2009, to the Republic of Colombia for meetings on human rights, talks with government ministers and leaders of Colombian trade unions. All costs were borne by the campaigning organisation Justice for Colombia. (Registered 23 April 2009)
    12-19 April 2009, to Syria, to meet government ministers and business leaders. All costs borne by the British Syrian Society. (Registered 23 April 2009)
    Name of donor: 1) All-Party Parliamentary China Group
    2) Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress
    Address of donor: 1) House of Commons
    2) 32 Zhong Shan Beilu, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
    1) £713 (return flights to Shanghai) (from donations previously registered)
    2) £700 (includes hotels for 6 nights, meals and coach travel for 6 days.)
    Destination of visit: Jiangsu Province
    Date of visit: 19-26 September 2009
    Purpose of visit: as a representative of the All-Party Parliamentary Group, to consolidate links between the UK and Jiangsu Province.
    (Registered 8 October 2009)

    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.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,634 £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) £19,500 (323rd) £14,495 (408th)
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £96 (joint 119th with 1 other)
    Office running costs£21,402 (154th) £14,096 (490th) £14,565 (566th) £11,920 £18,403 (joint 322nd with 1 other) £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) £17,536 (441st) £10,567 (504th)
    Staffing costs£85,222 (516th) £97,565 (joint 38th with 1 other) £93,117 (34th) £92,130 £67,045 (473rd) £64,254 (495th) £61,561 (466th) £53,208 (98th)
    Communications Allowance£4,673 (486th) £4,030 (502nd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£10,578 (175th)3 £12,715 (127th)2 £8,326 (297th)1 £11,619 £14,737 (152nd) £16,430 (109th) £14,886 (144th) £12,511 (125th)
    Members' Staff Travel£312 (233rd) £970 (110th) £1,187 (103rd) £1,804 £542 (269th) £1,037 (joint 158th with 1 other) £1,396 (106th) £969 (139th)
    Members' Spouse Travel£718 (joint 158th with 1 other) £769 (152nd) 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£2,126 (505th) £431 (529th) £338 (596th) £808 £759 (375th) £660 (425th) £724 (463rd) £1,745 (110th)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£850 (582nd) £1,633 (473rd) £2,580 £2,768 (296th) £1,971 (417th) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,347 (joint 118th with 2 others) £1,125 (joint 205th with 11 others) £0 £1,863 (joint 380th with 1 other) £1,863 (joint 374th with 1 other) £1,863 (joint 364th with 1 other) £1,863 (joint 339th with 1 other)
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Total£149,036 (337th) £155,856 (176th) £142,401 (228th) £142,495 £127,019 (254th) £125,347 (199th) £117,466 (225th) £95,454 (160th)

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,310 (175th). Rail £7,898 (89th). Other: European £507 (105th).

    3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,176 (253rd). Rail £6,730 (114th). Misc £6 (247th). Other: European £666 (82nd).

    1 Car £4,090 (230th). Rail £4,059 (225th). Air £177 (212th).