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Stewart Hosie
Scottish National Party MP for Dundee East
- Spokesperson (Chief Whip; Treasury) (since 13 Jul 2009)
Chief Whip (since 29 Aug 2007)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 383 votes. — 621st out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stewart Hosie voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Home Department, Defence, Transport, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Private Finance Initiative, Departmental Public Participation, Departmental Buildings, Departmental Staff, Departmental Retirement
(based on written questions asked by Stewart Hosie and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
- Banking Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): Clause 3 — Management of the civil service (3 Nov 2009) has video
“No Labour Members are even here. Where are they? Our party has a better turn-out.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Banking Reform (3 Nov 2009) has video
“The original decision to merge the banks certainly reduced competition on the high street; I hope that today's announcement on the disposal of parts of the banks' retail networks will help return competition to the high street. However, the statement also referred to the disposal, for example, of Intelligent Finance from Lloyds and of the insurance division of RBS, which are both important...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009) has video
“With the Government's fiscal stimulus ending, quantitative easing ceased, the VAT cut being reversed and departmental cuts already in the pipeline, there is deep concern that this removal of assistance from the economy will force unemployment even higher. Is this therefore not the time for the Government to make the earliest possible statement that they will permit a further year's...”
More of Stewart Hosie's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 99 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 48% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
Note SNP MPs do not vote on legislation not affecting Scotland. - People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 52 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Stewart Hosie speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 186 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £19,367 (411th) | £17,923 (448th) | £21,589 | ||||
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £18,876 (298th) | £20,065 (359th) | £18,887 | ||||
| Staffing Allowance | £77,501 (561st) | £84,023 (335th) | £62,107 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,097 (121st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,074 (75th)* | £16,901 (37th)** | £11,033 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £2,314 (17th) | £1,899 (joint 44th) | £662 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £236 (285th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £195 (68th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,085 (197th) | £318 (601st) | £709 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £785 (590th) | £485 (joint 623rd) | £1,666 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,128 (joint 451st) | £1,014 (joint 385th) | £1,014 | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £146,658 (328th) | £142,628 (223rd) | £117,667 |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,598 (451st). Rail £1,438 (389th). Air £12,038 (25th).
** Car £1,532 (482nd). Rail £1,416 (388th). Air £13,953 (14th).
