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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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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Simon Hughes voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- 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 very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever 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)
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tax Avoidance (Public Servants) (2 Feb 2012)
“The Chief Secretary has always been very robust in dealing with tax avoidance and tax evasion. May I seek an assurance that the Government’s policy will be what all those who have submitted their tax returns in the past few days want, namely to ensure that everybody in the public service, from the Cabinet Secretary downwards, and in local government service, pays normal tax like the...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Executive Pay (2 Feb 2012)
“What steps he plans to take to address executive pay and reduce rewards for failure.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Executive Pay (2 Feb 2012)
“In the last few weeks the chief executive of Lloyds TSB, then the chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and then its chief executive appear to have got the message that huge bonuses are not acceptable in this time of austerity. Given that this month we expect both banks to announce significant losses amounting to millions of pounds, how can Government, Parliament and constituents such as...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 107 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 24 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 80.62% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 29 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") 3252 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| 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).