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Virendra Sharma
Labour MP for Ealing, Southall
- Entered Parliament on 20 July 2007 — Byelection
- Majority: 5,070 votes. — 404th 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 Virendra Sharma voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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
Select Committee membership
- Member, International Development Committee (since 10 Mar 2009)
- Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (since 7 Nov 2007)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: International Development, Health, Home Department, Solicitor-General, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Tuberculosis, Entry Clearances: Overseas Students, Tuberculosis: Health Services, Tuberculosis: Medical Treatments, Palestinians: Overseas Aid
(based on written questions asked by Virendra Sharma and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Greater London (18 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the number of patients who used accident and emergency services in London North West district in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Health: Ealing (17 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Ealing Southall constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997.”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Maldives: Religious Freedom (10 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of the level of religious freedom in the Maldives.”
More of Virendra Sharma'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 82 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 80% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 16 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 10 Mar 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 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | ||||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £1,958 (50th) | ||||||
| Office running costs | £25,470 (49th) | £15,988 (430th) | ||||||
| Staffing costs | £102,095 (103rd) | £62,003 (630th) | ||||||
| Communications Allowance | £11,124 (123rd) | £6,157 (406th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,730 (593rd)1 | £2,621 (561st)2 | ||||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | ||||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,802 (288th) | £802 (313th) | ||||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,395 (312th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,128 (joint 451st with 3 others) | |||||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | ||||||
| Total | £147,137 (359th) | £93,052 (638th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (404th). Rail £50 (574th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,156 (505th). Rail £63 (565th). Other: European £1,402 (29th).