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Lord Hutton of Furness
Labour Peer
- Also represented Barrow and Furness
- Entered the House of Lords on 1 July 2010
- Previously MP for Barrow and Furness until 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Hutton of Furness voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Never rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Coastal Communities Fund (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to invite bids to the Coastal Communities Fund.”
- Pensions: Occupational Pensions — Question for Short Debate (1 Feb 2012)
“My Lords, probably for as long as most of us in this House can remember, successive Governments in the United Kingdom have been wrestling with three unpalatable facts about occupational pensions. First, fewer and fewer people are saving for their retirement. When they are saving, they are almost certainly not saving enough to cover the extra years for which we are living. For perfectly good...”
- Health and Social Care Bill — Second Reading (Continued) (11 Oct 2011)
“My Lords, I declare an interest in that my wife is director of Nuffield Health, the independent healthcare charity. I very much agreed with the speech of the Minister when he said that the biggest challenge that the NHS currently faces is how to improve patient care against a background of significant improvements in efficiency. If we agree with that, the question for us all is: how will this...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 15.12% of votes in this House with this affiliation — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 82 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- People have made 82 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 1052 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 3 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 (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 | £23,438 (119th) | £22,980 (199th) | £22,095 (joint 214th with 1 other) | £21,632 | £20,716 (256th) | £20,202 (joint 226th with 1 other) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,410 (413th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £11,749 (545th) | £18,736 (305th) | £17,351 (503rd) | £16,777 | £12,120 (579th) | £20,619 (4th) | £17,612 (434th) | £6,736 (596th) |
| Staffing costs | £91,920 (413th) | £87,082 (346th) | £79,786 (452nd) | £79,143 | £71,631 (270th) | £64,263 (joint 493rd with 1 other) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £50,955 (143rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,735 (484th) | £734 (583rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,413 (225th)1 | £11,519 (159th)2 | £11,382 (150th)3 | £10,435 | £15,284 (133rd) | £15,403 (132nd) | £18,037 (78th) | £16,183 (51st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £776 (98th) | £167 (joint 336th with 1 other) | £1,056 (joint 114th with 1 other) | £1,744 | £3,905 (10th) | £1,266 (122nd) | £2,455 (32nd) | £1,817 (47th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £748 (joint 153rd with 1 other) | £810 (148th) | 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 | £4,962 (188th) | £876 (joint 275th with 1 other) | £1,045 (265th) | £429 | £1,348 (199th) | £629 (joint 445th with 1 other) | £338 (603rd) | £1,471 (177th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,837 (404th) | £3,623 (225th) | £1,941 | £3,170 (247th) | £1,964 (418th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,207 (316th) | £1,043 (joint 353rd with 5 others) | £0 | £1,492 (578th) | £1,492 (564th) | £1,492 (541st) | £1,492 (466th) | |
| Other Costs | £5,532 (34th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,450 (58th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £153,273 (289th) | £145,948 (338th) | £137,381 (332nd) | £132,101 | £131,284 (165th) | £128,862 (139th) | £123,163 (102nd) | £94,291 (181st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,270 (461st). Rail £8,143 (75th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,101 (104th). Rail £6,418 (137th).