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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. — 144th 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 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 strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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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, Transport, Scotland, Treasury, Northern Ireland
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum Seekers, Railways: Franchises, Disability Living Allowance, Credit Unions, Electoral Register
(based on written questions asked by Tom Harris and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (5 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)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 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)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (34 out of n/a)
- Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: East Coast Main Line: Conditions of Employment (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether (a) staff employed to provide catering facilities and (b) other staff on East Coast Trains will have their employment conditions protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulation in the event of an alternative train operating company providing East Coast Main Line services from Glasgow from May 2011.”
- [Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)
“Or not.”
- [Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] — Returning Officers (Accountability) (3 Feb 2010)
“It is likely that the general election will be held on the same day as local elections in England, as has happened on many occasions recently. If the electoral system for Westminster changed to the alternative vote, would there not have to be a rule that that could not happen again? As the Gould report concluded, there should not be two elections using different systems on the same day.”
More of Tom Harris's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 13 written questions in the last year — 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 2008, 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") 349 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 (473rd) | £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)3 | £16,525 (51st)2 | £12,282 (123rd)1 | £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 (399th) | £166,991 (32nd) | £153,862 (55th) | £140,831 | £134,967 (113th) | £123,448 (236th) | £121,186 (141st) | £111,112 (16th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,575 (153rd). Rail £7,104 (109th). Air £4,846 (71st).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,165 (172nd). Rail £6,901 (110th). Air £1,992 (80th).
1 Car £2,575 (359th). Rail £2,052 (332nd). Air £7,655 (62nd).