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Stewart Hosie
Scottish National Party MP for Dundee East
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stewart Hosie voted on key issues:
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Transport, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Billing, Departmental Manpower, Departments: Private Finance Initiative, Departmental Public Participation, Departmental Buildings
(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.
- Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 18)
- Banking Bill Committee (11 out of 17)
- Finance Bill Committee (19 out of 24)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Scottish Affairs Select Committee (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in respect of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's appearance at the Scottish Affairs Committee on 15 May 2013, (a) on what date his Office first received the invitation to appear at this session and (b) on what date his Office accepted the invitation to appear at this session.”
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
“It is a pleasure to take part in the debate. This Queen’s Speech is important, sandwiched as it is between the Budget and Red Book, which we already have, and the forthcoming spending review, the details of which we do not have but which still casts a shadow over the potential for growth and recovery in the UK. The Prime Minister mentioned growth in his speech on the opening day of the...”
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
“It would use sterling. We have answered that question many times. We are speaking about the UK Government’s Queen’s Speech and how their programme for the Session will fail to deliver growth not just for Scotland but for everybody throughout the UK. Let us be clear that the impact of the one good thing in the Queen’s Speech, the employment allowance, will be wiped out...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 97 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 47.31% of votes in this 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 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 341 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,963 (202nd) | £19,367 (411th) | £17,923 (448th) | £21,589 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,887 (223rd) | £18,876 (298th) | £20,065 (359th) | £18,887 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £95,729 (313th) | £77,501 (561st) | £84,023 (335th) | £62,107 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £8,680 (331st) | £10,097 (121st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £17,335 (44th)1 | £15,074 (75th)2 | £16,901 (37th)3 | £11,033 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,165 (61st) | £2,314 (17th) | £1,899 (joint 44th with 1 other) | £662 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £673 (168th) | £236 (285th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £317 (44th) | £195 (68th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,196 (599th) | £1,085 (197th) | £318 (601st) | £709 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £785 (590th) | £485 (joint 623rd with 1 other) | £1,666 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,128 (joint 451st with 3 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £166,944 (99th) | £146,658 (328th) | £142,628 (223rd) | £117,667 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,269 (462nd). Rail £184 (545th). Air £15,882 (8th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,598 (451st). Rail £1,438 (389th). Air £12,038 (25th).
3 Car £1,532 (482nd). Rail £1,416 (388th). Air £13,953 (14th).