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Sadiq Khan

Labour MP for Tooting

  • Minister of State, Department for Transport (since 10 Jun 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
  • Majority: 5,381 votes. — 426th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Sadiq Khan 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 strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for 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: Home Department, Transport, Education and Skills, Health, Deputy Prime Minister

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Identity Cards, Terrorism, Terrorism Act, Railways, Terrorism: Arrests

(based on written questions asked by Sadiq Khan and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Greater Manchester (8 Feb 2010)

“At this point in time, no budget has been identified to cover the cost of the corrective work to the access route from Station road to the Fallowfield Loop in Reddish. Manchester city council, Stockport Metropolitan borough council, Greater Manchester police and Sustrans are due to meet shortly to explore funding options.”

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Greater Manchester (8 Feb 2010)

“Sustrans was the organisation responsible for the design and construction of the access route from Station road to the Fallowfield Loop in Reddish.”

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Repairs and Maintenance (8 Feb 2010)

“Our Street Works Summit Report and Action Plan, published on 21 December 2009, set out a number of proposed actions to tackle the unacceptable disruption caused by street works. In line with the action plan, the Department for Transport will shortly be publishing a revised Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways, setting out improved standards for street works...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
  • Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 21 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
  • 140 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Sadiq Khan speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 195 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

6. Overseas visits
28 July-4 August 2008, to Sierra Leone, to participate in VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) Pol Vol project, which invites MPs to use their skills as volunteers in developing countries. International travel provided by the VSO. Accommodation and other ancillary expenses provided by Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (Makeni) and VSO. (Registered 28 August 2008)

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)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
Staying away from main home£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) £2,360        
Office running costs£17,506 (328th) £24,666 (61st) £23,133 (152nd) £28,290        
Staffing costs£99,005 (198th) £86,316 (369th) £82,291 (392nd) £78,046        
Communications Allowance£13,323 (50th) £10,733 (83rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£442 (630th)3 £1,590 (597th)2 £1,648 (598th)1 £2,280        
Members' Staff Travel£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£6,998 (joint 8th with 4 others) £1,918 (31st) £4,694 (17th) £2,265        
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£5,010 (57th) £14,534 (15th) £7,226 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,166 (joint 386th with 1 other) £1,166 (joint 151st with 11 others) £1,166        
Other Costs£0 £0 £869 (63rd) £0        
Total£140,189 (452nd) £134,211 (485th) £131,047 (442nd) £121,633        

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,484 (463rd). Rail £80 (563rd). Misc £26 (219th).

3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £391 (552nd). Rail £50 (574th). Misc £1 (266th).

1 Car £1,627 (466th). Rail £21 (571st).