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Gerry Adams

Former Sinn Féin MP for Belfast West

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A selection of Gerry Adams's votes

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  • Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT
  • Has never voted on university tuition fees
  • Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
  • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs
  • Has never voted on more EU integration
  • Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year

We have lots more plain English analysis of Gerry Adams’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Gerry Adams’s full vote analysis page for more.

Recent appearances

  • Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Early Years Children’s Strategy 6 Dec 2010

    Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I want to speak in support of the motion and to thank the Education Committee for bringing it forward. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí is an Irish proverb. It means, cherish the young and they will flourish. There is a wealth of reports, studies and information to support the wisdom of that proverb and to prove conclusively the value of early years...

  • Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Irish Language Strategy 8 Nov 2010

    On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The two phrases used by the Minister should have been pronounced most properly as “Ógra Shinn Féin” and “Tí Chulainn”. Go raibh maith agat.

  • Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Irish Language Strategy 8 Nov 2010

    Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Tá mé ag labhairt i bhfabhar an rúin agus an leasaithe. I speak in favour of the motion, and I accept the amendment. I listened to Members from the Benches opposite. For over three years, successive Ministers have refused to bring forward an Irish language strategy or an Irish language Act, putting forward very feeble excuses on both matters. I have...

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Profile

Former Sinn Féin MP for Belfast West, Former Sinn Féin MLA for Belfast West

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 26 January 2011 — Resigned

Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election

Left the Assembly on 7 December 2010 — Resigned

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Numerology

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  • Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2008: Too little data for valid analysis.
  • 50 people are tracking this MP

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 24 Jan 2011.

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Author.
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The hours are difficult to calculate as the roles of MP and MLA are often combined.
29 July 2009, gross monthly salary of £3591.75 (Registered 2 February 2010)
26 August 2009, gross monthly salary of £3591.75 (Registered 2 February 2010)
28 September 2009, gross monthly salary of £3591.75 (Registered 2 February 2010)
28 October 2009, gross monthly salary of £3591.75 (Registered 2 February 2010)
26 November 2009, gross monthly salary of £3591.75 (Registered 2 February 2010)
18 December 2009, gross monthly salary of £3591.75 (Registered 2 February 2010)
27 January 2010, gross monthly salary of £3591.75 (Registered 2 February 2010)
24 February 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 21 June 2010)
29 March 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 21 June 2010)
28 April 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 21 June 2010)
29 May 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 21 June 2010)
25 June 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 2 December 2010)
28 July 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 2 December 2010)
26 August 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 2 December 2010)
26 September 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 2 December 2010)
27 October 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 2 December 2010)
26 November 2010, gross monthly salary £3,591.75. (Registered 2 December 2010)
Writer for Belfast Media Group, Teach Basil, 2 Hannaghstown Hill, Belfast, BT17 0LT.Write a weekly column for Andersontown News; a weekly blog; and, a monthly column for Irish Echo in New York.
6 October 2009. Received a payment of £800. Payment relates to work carried out in September 2009. Hours: 18 hrs. (27 November 2009)
4 November 2009 Received a payment of £800. Payment relates to work carried out in October 2009. Hours: 18 hrs. (27 November 2009)
3 December 2009, received £817.39 for work done in November 2009. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 2 February 2010)
5 January 2010, received £817.39 for work done in December 2009. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 2 February 2010)
4 February 2010, received payment of £816.25 for work done in January 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 21 June 2010)
4 March 2010, received payment of £845.24 for work done in February 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 21 June 2010)
7 April 2010, received payment of £820.93 for work done in March 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 21 June 2010)
5 May 2010, received payment of £795.68 for work done in April 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 21 June 2010)
4 June 2010, received payment of £795.69 for work done in May 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2010)
8 July 2010, received payment of £773.27 for work done in June 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2010)
4 August 2010, received payment of £774.14 for work done in July 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2010)
3 September 2010, received payment of £778.86 for work done in August 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2010)
5 October 2010, received payment of £812.52 for work done in September 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2010)
4 November 2010, received payment of £817.19 for work done in October 2010. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2010)
12 January 2010, received a payment of £5000 (with £5000 to follow) from Pioneer Productions, 32 Galena Road, London W6 OLT, for work on a television documentary. The work included a week spent in the Holy Land/Middle East and approximately 44 hours in Ireland. (Registered 2 February 2010)
16 March 2010, received the second payment of £5,000 from Pioneer Productions. (Registered 21 June 2010)
8. Land and Property
Residential property, jointly owned with my wife, in South of Ireland.

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