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Stewart Hosie
Scottish National Party MP for Dundee East
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- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stewart Hosie voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on introducing a smoking ban. votes
- 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 moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Defence, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Private Finance Initiative, Departmental Public Participation, Departmental Buildings, Departmental Manpower, Departmental Staff
(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
- Freedom of Information (Amendment): Superannuation Bill (7 Sep 2010)
“I was pleased when, a few moments ago, the Minister suggested that he did not want to impose this change unilaterally. Of course, that ties in with Mr Justice Sales's comments that that might not be possible without agreement anyway. How confident is the Minister that agreement will be reached, perhaps before this legislation completes its passage?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 161 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 54% 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 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 235 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. 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).