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Rudi Vis
Former Labour MP for Finchley and Golders Green

    • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
    • Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
    • Majority: 741 votes. — 606th out of 643 MPs.

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Rudi Vis voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
      • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
      • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
      • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
      • 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 strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
      • Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
      • Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
      • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
      • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
      • Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
      • Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
      • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
      • Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
      • Has never voted on introducing foundation hospitals. votes
      • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
      • Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes

      Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

      Most recent appearances

      Written Answers — Justice: Young People: Remand in Custody (5 Nov 2009)

      “To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which local authorities have placed children in secure training centres on remand in each month in the last two years.”

      Written Answers — Justice: Secure Accommodation: Young Offender Institutions (4 Nov 2009)

      “To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost of placing remanded children in secure training centres was in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what proportion of that cost was met by the Youth Justice Board.”

      Written Answers — Justice: Secure Accommodation: Young Offender Institutions (4 Nov 2009)

      “To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Youth Justice Board pays per person for a place in (a) a secure training centre, (b) a young offenders institution and (c) a local authority secure children's home.”

      More of Rudi Vis's recent appearances

      Numerology

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      • Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
      • Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
      • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
      • Has voted in 52.72% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
      • People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
      • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
      • 123 people are tracking this MP.
      • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 19 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

      Register of Members’ Interests

      4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
      Annual donation to my constituency party from Amicus Union, of which I am a member.

      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.

      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£22,142 (184th) £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) £17,211 (459th) £0 £0 £0 £15,000 (521st) £15,333 (joint 319th with 1 other)
      London costs£0 £0 £904 (49th) £2,613 £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) £0 £0
      Office running costs£18,697 (284th) £21,328 (141st) £20,385 (322nd) £19,868 £19,298 (joint 144th with 1 other) £18,756 (joint 302nd with 2 others) £18,218 (joint 241st with 2 others) £17,062 (joint 264th with 1 other)
      Staffing costs£90,385 (438th) £88,910 (277th) £87,237 (177th) £82,673 £77,511 (joint 87th with 1 other) £73,764 (65th) £63,931 (342nd) £53,481 (91st)
      Communications Allowance£1,772 (557th) £9,390 (242nd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Travel£5,560 (411th)1 £5,905 (406th)2 £5,090 (466th)3 £2,616 £4,680 (546th) £3,726 (569th) £3,558 (578th) £2,840 (571st)
      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£4,213 (244th) £2,104 (17th) £3,879 (28th) £3,496 £3,260 (44th) £5,574 (8th) £2,971 (25th) £1,152 (278th)
      Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£4,630 (89th) £10,105 (34th) £8,878 £7,405 (74th) £13,117 (14th) N/A N/A
      Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,378 (joint 81st with 2 others) £1,175 (joint 136th with 6 others) £0 £1,875 (joint 357th with 7 others) £1,875 (joint 350th with 7 others) £1,875 (joint 342nd with 7 others) £1,875 (joint 322nd with 7 others)
      Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Total£142,769 (412th) £156,728 (153rd) £145,986 (154th) £120,144 £115,647 (481st) £118,386 (346th) £105,553 (481st) £91,743 (241st)

      1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,560 (58th).

      2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,292 (84th). Other: European £613 (91st).

      3 Car £5,090 (139th).