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Sadiq Khan
Labour MP for Tooting

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Sadiq Khan voted on key issues:

    • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
    • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Justice, Home Department, Transport, Deputy Prime Minister, Health

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Identity Cards, Prison Accommodation, Departmental Public Expenditure, United Arab Emirates: British Nationals Abroad, Terrorism

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

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Women and Equalities: Members: Females (2 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what steps she is taking to increase the number of women hon. Members.”

    Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid Scheme: Asil Nadir (1 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much legal aid has been provided to Asil Nadir in the last 18 months.”

    Written Answers — Justice: Prisons (1 Feb 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what new prison capacity he expects to become available at each establishment in each month of 2012.”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 363 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 63.47% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 25 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.
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    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 314 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    4. Sponsorships
    (b) Support in the capacity as an MP
    (b) Name of donor: James Goudie QC
    (b) Address of donor : private
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,400 in kind; legal advice as part of role as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
    (b) Date of receipt of donation: 18 February 2011
    (b) Date of acceptance of donation: 18 February 2011
    (b) Donor status: individual
    (b) (Registered 22 March 2011)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: Islamic Relief UK
    Address of donor: 16 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RJ
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): more than £660 estimated value
    Destination of visit: Pakistan (flood affected areas)
    Date of visit: 15-18 September 2010
    Purpose of visit: to observe humanitarian work undertaken, receive briefing on the floods, help raise awareness
    (Registered 2 December 2010)
    Name of donor: Sir Joseph Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East
    Address of donor: School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,200
    Destination of visit: the Palestinian Territory and Israel
    Date of visit: 8-12 December 2011
    Purpose of visit: to visit the Palestinian Territory and Israel with a parliamentary delegation, organized by CAABU (Council for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding).
    (Registered 21 December 2011)

    Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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)1 £1,590 (597th)2 £1,648 (598th)3 £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        

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

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

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