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Simon Hughes
Liberal Democrat MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Also represented North Southwark and Bermondsey; Southwark and Bermondsey; Southwark Bermondsey
- Entered Parliament on 24 February 1983 — unknown
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Simon Hughes voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Energy and Climate Change, Education and Skills, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum Seekers, Probation Service, Criminal Offences, Prisons, Police
(based on written questions asked by Simon Hughes and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Compensation Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (28 out of 32)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
- Private Security Industry Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“Does the Minister not accept, however, that there are many people who believe that the civil status of coming together in marriage should be open to straight and gay couples alike, but that people of faith and faith groups should be free to define what they understand as marriage? Some of them would permit same-sex marriage, but some of them take a different view and would not.”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“I am happy to follow the hon. Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan). I agree with a huge number of his comments. He and I have voted similarly pretty well throughout the passage of the Bill. I want to pick up on a comment the hon. Gentleman made towards the end of his speech. He and I voted for new clause 10 on the implementation of civil partnerships for straight couples. I voted for the new...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“The proposals appear to be linked, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank my hon. Friend for that proposal and many others he has made, and for his much-respected work. We do not agree on every single item, but his record is one of which the Liberal Democrats and Parliament should be proud. Let me put my position on the record. I believe, have believed and was brought up to believe that marriage is...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 118 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 37 written questions in the last year — 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 81.07% 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 3406 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| 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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £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) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £20,029 (213th) | £17,500 (370th) | £19,245 (417th) | £19,827 | £19,058 (228th) | £17,935 (469th) | £18,172 (301st) | £9,187 (543rd) |
| Staffing costs | £106,369 (41st) | £94,343 (69th) | £88,276 (joint 105th with 1 other) | £84,039 | £76,941 (105th) | £73,070 (71st) | £72,065 (42nd) | £48,209 (241st) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,400 (joint 166th with 5 others) | £8,325 (312th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,940 (505th)1 | £934 (617th)2 | £2,392 (576th)3 | £4,636 | £4,290 (555th) | £4,949 (525th) | £4,974 (530th) | £4,482 (491st) |
| 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 | £6,936 (50th) | £1,908 (33rd) | £2,820 (49th) | £2,445 | £2,225 (97th) | £1,342 (153rd) | £2,231 (57th) | £1,855 (92nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,207 (122nd) | £6,745 (88th) | £5,213 | £5,415 (126th) | £3,414 (214th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,136 (joint 441st with 1 other) | £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) | £0 | £1,876 (joint 353rd with 3 others) | £1,876 (joint 346th with 3 others) | £1,876 (joint 338th with 3 others) | £1,876 (joint 318th with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,140 (67th) | £0 |
| Total | £150,589 (323rd) | £131,165 (joint 524th with 1 other) | £123,125 (528th) | £118,773 | £111,423 (531st) | £104,160 (570th) | £101,985 (523rd) | £66,836 (620th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £418 (548th). Rail £1,170 (438th). Misc £178 (132nd). Other: Air £285 (21st). European £1,889 (20th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £934 (529th).