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Tom Harris
Labour MP for Glasgow South
- Also represented Glasgow, Cathcart
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 10,832 votes. — 143rd out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Tom Harris voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted 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: Home Department, Scotland, Treasury, Northern Ireland, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum Seekers, Disability Living Allowance, Credit Unions, Electoral Register, Firearms
(based on written questions asked by Tom Harris and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Extradition Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (34 out of n/a)
- Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Employment (Benefit Claimants) (29 Jun 2009) has video
“What recent assessment she has made of her Department's performance in moving people from economically-inactive benefits into employment.”
More of Tom Harris's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 37 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") 344 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Articles for the Mail on Sunday. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 13 November 2008)
Register last updated: 24 Jun 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,677 (286th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £23,413 (82nd) | £28,987 (23rd) | £17,978 | £18,865 (263rd) | £17,824 (479th) | £16,982 (479th) | £21,984 (118th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £86,848 (357th) | £78,576 (joint 484th) | £82,208 | £67,357 (467th) | £63,005 (538th) | £61,980 (joint 397th) | £49,706 (193rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,327 (368th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £16,525 (51st)* | £12,282 (123rd)** | £16,761 | £14,462 (157th) | £17,053 (94th) | £15,877 (117th) | £17,479 (35th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £540 (joint 195th) | £864 (joint 147th) | £304 | £1,038 (181st) | £2,911 (23rd) | £4,231 (4th) | £1,517 (69th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £3,988 (15th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £343 (48th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £776 (328th) | £354 (joint 587th) | £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) | £1,854 (joint 384th) | £1,854 (joint 375th) | £1,533 (450th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £8,779 (15th) | £0 | £6,527 (27th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £166,991 (32nd) | £153,862 (55th) | £140,831 | £134,967 (113th) | £123,448 (236th) | £121,186 (141st) | £111,112 (16th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,575 (153rd). Rail £7,104 (109th). Air £4,846 (71st).
** Car £2,575 (359th). Rail £2,052 (332nd). Air £7,655 (62nd).