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Alan Beith
Liberal Democrat MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Entered Parliament on 8 November 1973 — unknown
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alan Beith voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Trade and Industry, Home Department, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Unpaid Advisers, Correspondence, Parliamentary Advisers, Project Sponsorship, Departmental Report
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Hunting Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: West Lothian Question (7 Feb 2012)
“Will the commission be able to consider what is really the Berwick-upon-Tweed question: how has it come about over so many years that Scotland seems to have had more money for schools and roads, and a great deal of say in the affairs of England?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: European Court of Human Rights (7 Feb 2012)
“I welcome the efforts that Ministers are making. Is there an appetite among the mature democracies, as the Attorney-General indicated, to ensure that the Court gives priority to cases of gross abuses of human rights, rather than to the refinement of the law in countries that have well-developed human rights?”
- Bill Presented — Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill: Transparency and Consistency of Sentencing (2 Feb 2012)
“Did the hon. Lady welcome, as we on the Select Committee did, the fact that the Sentencing Council was prepared to treat burglary as an offence against the person, as well as against property?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 78 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 83.51% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 2034 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (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 | £13,459 (457th) | £17,686 (446th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £15,674 | £12,595 (536th) | £12,637 (526th) | £19,719 (249th) | £17,329 (79th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,978 (533rd) | £13,491 (503rd) | £18,730 (443rd) | £26,706 | £18,631 (295th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £16,907 (482nd) | £20,525 (151st) |
| Staffing costs | £95,277 (327th) | £85,593 (394th) | £81,048 (421st) | £64,330 | £65,969 (526th) | £63,436 (533rd) | £65,745 (177th) | £44,222 (396th) |
| Communications Allowance | £15,490 (24th) | £12,638 (46th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,244 (192nd)1 | £11,353 (166th)2 | £9,417 (248th)3 | £10,804 | £14,536 (156th) | £13,372 (200th) | £14,438 (161st) | £11,429 (154th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,735 (30th) | £2,349 (15th) | £1,298 (87th) | £2,851 | £799 (joint 217th with 1 other) | £1,553 (95th) | £1,700 (72nd) | £1,706 (joint 56th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £228 (273rd) | £742 (156th) | 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 | £5,246 (165th) | £645 (398th) | £818 (358th) | £571 | £523 (joint 491st with 1 other) | £545 (488th) | £964 (354th) | £729 (440th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,040 (232nd) | £1,386 (523rd) | £2,288 | £2,667 (309th) | £1,807 (449th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,307 (joint 175th with 1 other) | £1,365 (26th) | £0 | £1,717 (507th) | £1,717 (498th) | £1,475 (552nd) | £1,475 (479th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £3,719 (39th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £153,657 (282nd) | £152,563 (228th) | £136,172 (357th) | £123,224 | £117,437 (455th) | £113,866 (446th) | £120,948 (145th) | £97,415 (126th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,148 (356th). Rail £7,279 (102nd). Air £603 (114th). Misc £110 (157th). Other: Mileage £70 (62nd). Rail £34 (142nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,916 (301st). Rail £7,976 (86th). Air £350 (131st). Misc £111 (151st).
3 Car £2,337 (385th). Rail £6,280 (119th). Air £800 (124th).