A selection of Mr John Hume's votes

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• Voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 10 absences, between 1997–2004
• Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords

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Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements 6 Apr 2005

  Prime Minister, could we get back to serious matters? Given that there has never been a war in the history of the world in which the vast majority of victims have not been innocent civilians, does the Prime Minister agree that the time has come to create a world where there is no longer war or conflict? Given his massive international respect, will he join together with other world leaders to...

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Education and Library Boards 4 Apr 2005

  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) recurrent and (b) capital expenditure funding provided to each Northern Ireland education and library board was in each year since 1995.

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Invest Northern Ireland 24 Mar 2005

  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the new building proposed in Derry by Invest Northern Ireland was agreed in principle by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment; if he will make a statement on the progress with the project; how many evaluations of the project have been carried out; and what target date he has set for the commencement of the building.

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Profile

Former Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for Foyle, Former Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Foyle

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

Left the House of Commons on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election

Left the Assembly on 1 December 2000 — Resigned

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Future MPs in this constituency

• Mark Durkan
• Elisha McCallion

Numerology

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• Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
• Has voted in 3.13% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)