Sir Gerald Kaufman

Labour

MP for Manchester, Gorton

Top Focus Areas

Home OfficeDepartment for Work and PensionsDepartment for TransportDepartment for Culture, Media and SportDepartment of Health

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs)

Jul 1987 - Sept 1992

Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office)

Nov 1983 - Jul 1987

Shadow Secretary of State (Environment)

Nov 1980 - Jun 1983

Minister of State (Department of Industry)

Department of Industry

Dec 1975 - May 1979

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Industry)

Department of Industry

Jun 1975 - Dec 1975

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment)

Department for the Environment

Mar 1974 - Jun 1975

Constituencies

Manchester, Gorton

Elected 2 times

May 2010 - Feb 2017

Manchester, Gorton

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Manchester, Gorton

Elected 3 times

Jun 1983 - May 1997

Manchester, Ardwick

Elected 3 times

Feb 1974 - Jun 1983

Manchester, Ardwick

Elected 1 time

Jun 1970 - Feb 1974

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

Housing and Planning Bill: Lords Amdt 47E - Motion to disagree

NoPassed

11 May 2016

Immigration Bill Lords Amendment 85: motion to agree with amendments

NoPassed

9 May 2016

Housing and Planning Bill: Lords Amdt 108: Govt (a) in Lieu

NoPassed

9 May 2016

Housing and Planning Bill Lords Amdt 47B & 47C: Motion to disagree

NoPassed

9 May 2016

Housing and Planning Bill Lords Amdt 10B: Motion to disagree

NoPassed

9 May 2016

Energy Bill - Lords Amendment 7TB - Government Motion to disagree

NoPassed

9 May 2016

Opposition Day: NHS Bursaries

AyeRejected

4 May 2016

Trade Union Bill Lords Amdt 17: Motion to Disagree

NoPassed

27 Apr 2016

Trade Union Bill Lords Amendment 2: Govt Amdt (a)

NoPassed

27 Apr 2016

Policing and Crime Bill Report Stage: Amdt 10

AyeRejected

26 Apr 2016

Policing and Crime Bill Report Stage: Amdt 13

AyeRejected

26 Apr 2016

Policing and Crime Bill Report Stage: Amdt 6

AyeRejected

26 Apr 2016

Policing and Crime Bill Report Stage: Amdt 20

AyeRejected

26 Apr 2016

Policing and Crime Blll Report Stage: Amdt. 3

AyeRejected

26 Apr 2016

Immigration Bill Lords Amendment 85: Motion to disagree

NoPassed

25 Apr 2016

Immigration Bill Lords Amdt 84: Motion to disagree

NoPassed

25 Apr 2016

Immigration Bill Lords Amdt 60: Motion to disagree

NoPassed

25 Apr 2016

Immigration Bill Lords Amdt 87: Motion to disagree

NoPassed

25 Apr 2016

Daesh: Genocide of Minorities

AyePassed

20 Apr 2016

Energy Bill: Lords amendment 7T

NoPassed

20 Apr 2016

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Committee Memberships

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

110 questions on record

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 23 March 2016 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr C Costigan.

Answered

To: Department of Health • 18 May 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 13 April 2016 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms L Taylor.

Answered

To: Department for Work and Pensions • 19 May 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 22 March 2016 with regard to Mr S Rizvi.

Answered

To: Department for Work and Pensions • 28 Apr 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 10 March 2016 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Ms B Touhy.

Answered

To: Department for Communities and Local Government • 21 Apr 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 9 February from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms M Hamilton.

Answered

To: Foreign and Commonwealth Office • 17 Mar 2016

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