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Tom Harris
Labour MP for Glasgow South
- Also represented Glasgow Cathcart
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Tom Harris voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Home Department, Treasury, Scotland
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum Seekers, Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control, Railways: Franchises, Fossil Fuels: Reserves, Marine Conservation Zones
(based on written questions asked by Tom Harris and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (9 out of 14)
- Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law Of Succession) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of 13)
- Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Extradition Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (34 out of 39)
- Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“This is a great day for Parliament and for the country, and I pay tribute to the Government and the Prime Minister for showing the political courage necessary to prioritise this legislation. I pay tribute to those on my Front Bench for their constructive approach, which will make it more likely that the Bill will eventually become an Act. My only regret is that the debate is taking place in...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership (20 May 2013)
“I have a great deal of time for the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton)—who may or may not have been about to leave the Chamber as I stood up. I would have been proud if the work he did as children’s Minister, particularly on adoption, had been done in the name of a Labour Government. I was disappointed to see him leave the Front Bench—although...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership (20 May 2013)
“I will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green).”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 42 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61.64% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 38 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 404 times in debates — 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 | £19,742 (300th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,677 (286th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £12,964 (502nd) | £23,413 (82nd) | £28,987 (23rd) | £17,978 | £18,865 (263rd) | £17,824 (479th) | £16,982 (479th) | £21,984 (118th) |
| Staffing costs | £88,414 (474th) | £86,848 (357th) | £78,576 (joint 484th with 2 others) | £82,208 | £67,357 (467th) | £63,005 (538th) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £49,706 (193rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,755 (457th) | £7,327 (368th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,058 (109th)1 | £16,525 (51st)2 | £12,282 (123rd)3 | £16,761 | £14,462 (157th) | £17,053 (94th) | £15,877 (117th) | £17,479 (35th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £540 (joint 146th with 1 other) | £540 (joint 195th with 1 other) | £864 (joint 147th with 1 other) | £304 | £1,038 (181st) | £2,911 (23rd) | £4,231 (4th) | £1,517 (69th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,748 (56th) | £3,988 (15th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £343 (48th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,062 (605th) | £776 (328th) | £354 (joint 587th with 2 others) | £623 | £645 (433rd) | £148 (635th) | £585 (532nd) | £884 (378th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,145 (219th) | £993 (584th) | £1,002 | £3,317 (234th) | £320 (639th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,003 (575th) | £917 (549th) | £321 | £1,854 (joint 390th with 1 other) | £1,854 (joint 384th with 1 other) | £1,854 (joint 375th with 1 other) | £1,533 (450th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £8,779 (15th) | £0 | £6,527 (27th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £143,282 (400th) | £166,991 (32nd) | £153,862 (55th) | £140,831 | £134,967 (113th) | £123,448 (236th) | £121,186 (141st) | £111,112 (16th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,165 (172nd). Rail £6,901 (110th). Air £1,992 (80th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,575 (153rd). Rail £7,104 (109th). Air £4,846 (71st).
3 Car £2,575 (359th). Rail £2,052 (332nd). Air £7,655 (62nd).