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Phil Hope
Former Labour MP for Corby
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 1,517 votes. — 584th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Phil Hope voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately 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 against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Depressive Illnesses: Health Services (8 Apr 2010)
“We do not collect these data centrally. The provision of local health services is a decision for primary care trusts and their strategic health authorities. Clinicians are best placed to decide what services their local communities need and how they are provided.”
- Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Prisoners (8 Apr 2010)
“There have been no recent changes to the funding responsibilities of national health service primary care trusts (PCTs) for their prison health care escorts and bedwatches activity. Responsibility for commissioning health services in publicly run prisons in England has been fully devolved to NHS PCTs since 2006, with significantly increased funding. Subsequently, the responsibility and...”
- Written Answers — Health: Hospitals: Patients (8 Apr 2010)
“This information is not held centrally. National Information about the ethnicity of mental health in-patients is collected and published by the Care Quality Commission through its Count Me In census programme.”
More of Phil Hope's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 77.41% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 30 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
- 67 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 402 times in debates — above 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 | £12,802 (467th) | £21,361 (324th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,420 | £20,763 (245th) | £20,329 (joint 166th with 2 others) | £19,714 (joint 256th with 1 other) | £16,044 (169th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £394 (121st) | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,996 (313th) | £20,793 (190th) | £20,398 (joint 319th with 1 other) | £20,228 | £17,673 (374th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,026 (362nd) | £19,520 (joint 179th with 1 other) |
| Staffing costs | £103,488 (78th) | £90,656 (173rd) | £87,275 (joint 164th with 1 other) | £80,336 | £70,186 (joint 365th with 1 other) | £68,015 (joint 311th with 1 other) | £65,312 (276th) | £44,298 (joint 390th with 1 other) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,536 (151st) | £10,116 (118th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,719 (457th)1 | £5,845 (412th)2 | £5,444 (443rd)3 | £7,597 | £10,104 (333rd) | £10,758 (296th) | £14,039 (175th) | £8,360 (303rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £85 (383rd) | £742 | £57 (joint 441st with 1 other) | £506 (joint 268th with 1 other) | £370 (joint 296th with 1 other) | £249 (330th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £947 (126th) | £628 (187th) | 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 | £6,913 (57th) | £1,988 (24th) | £2,912 (45th) | £1,347 | £1,859 (122nd) | £1,307 (155th) | £1,796 (113th) | £1,165 (272nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,914 (66th) | £5,806 (113th) | £1,926 | £4,316 (177th) | £3,544 (202nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,345 (joint 129th with 3 others) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £0 | £1,907 (joint 286th with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 282nd with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 279th with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 262nd with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £157,401 (229th) | £157,646 (129th) | £145,239 (171st) | £131,596 | £128,483 (217th) | £125,559 (195th) | £121,164 (143rd) | £91,543 (246th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,747 (396th). Rail £2,972 (288th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,970 (393rd). Rail £3,875 (244th).