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

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Justice, Home Department, Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Legal Costs, Probation, Identity Cards, Prisons, Prison Accommodation

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

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Justice: Prison Service (17 Jun 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether new applicants for work as prison officers are disqualified as a result of previous convictions.”

    Written Answers — Defence: Legal Costs (17 Jun 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much his Department spent in total on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012; (2) what the top 20 highest amounts paid by his Department for external legal advice was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; who received each such payment; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought...”

    Written Answers — Attorney-General: Legal Costs (13 Jun 2013)

    “To ask the Attorney-General (1) how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012; (2) how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.”

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    • Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 304 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 67.21% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 26 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") 371 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Fees from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion research surveys:
    28 November 2012, payment of £75 for completing October-November parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to Tooting Labour party. (Registered 24 December 2012)
    11 January 2013, payment of £75 for completing survey. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to Tooting Labour Party. (Registered 15 January 2013)
    5 March 2013, payment of £75 for completing January/February survey. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to Tooting Labour Party. (Registered 27 March 2013)
    3 January 2013, payment of £150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for survey interview. Hours: 1 hr. Payment donated to Tooting Labour Party. (Registered 9 January 2013)

    Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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).