A selection of Geoff Hoon's votes

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• Almost always voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 6 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 1999–2007
• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 4 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, between 2003–2007
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 1997–2004
• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2004–2010
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2007

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Billing 3 Jun 2009

  The Department for Transport has only started to hold separate records for late payment of commercial debts since 2008-09. The interest cost for this year was £84,000. Information for the previous two years could be provided only at a disproportionate cost as the interest charge are not held separately for those years. The following agencies have not paid interest charges in the last...

• Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Conditions of Employment 3 Jun 2009

  The flexible benefits business plan is a confidential document so it would not be appropriate for it to be placed in the House Library. However, we estimate that the level of take-up required to break even with the scheme is about 2 per cent. over three years.

• Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Security 3 Jun 2009

  Information on breaches of security for the last five years for Department for Transport Agencies is not held centrally. The Department and its agencies report all significant personal data security breaches to the Cabinet Office and the ICO. Information on personal data security breaches is published on an annual basis in the Department's annual resource accounts as was announced in the Data...

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Ashfield

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

• Secretary of State, Department for Transport (6 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
• Chief Whip (28 Jun 2007 to 6 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Chairman, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 16 May 2006)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 1 Nov 2005)
• Lord Privy Seal (11 May 2005 to 8 May 2006)
• Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (11 Oct 1999 to 11 May 2005)
• Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (17 May 1999 to 11 Oct 1999)
• Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department (28 Jul 1998 to 17 May 1999)
• Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (5 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Frank Haynes
• Tim Smith
• David Marquand
• William Warbey

Future MPs in this constituency

• Gloria De Piero

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Geoff Hoon’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 73.37% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 78 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 25 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1739 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)