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Alison Seabeck
Labour MP for Plymouth, Moor View
- Also represented Plymouth, Devonport
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alison Seabeck voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Communities and Local Government, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Defence: Procurement, Housing Benefit, Reserve Forces, Scallops, Housing: Construction
(based on written questions asked by Alison Seabeck and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Localism Bill Committee (23 out of 24)
- Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crime and Security Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (12 out of 18)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Energy Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
- Equality Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Common Agricultural Policy: Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union (18 Jun 2013)
“What would be the implications of the UK’s rejection of the FTT? Would the Government raise the bank levy rate for what I believe would be the sixth or seventh time?”
- Written Answers — Health: Prosthetics: Training (18 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of (a) the number of vacancies which exist nationally for NHS prosthetists and orthotists and (b) the number of NHS prosthetists and orthotists currently in training.”
- Nato: Spending Review (17 Jun 2013)
“Included in those discussions will be the projected savings from the proposed changes to Defence Equipment and Support announced in last week’s White Paper. For the benefit of the House, will the Secretary of State set out what specific flexibilities he has won from the Treasury—one assumes he got its agreement before publishing the White Paper—so that the DE&S-plus...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 65 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 187 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 76.88% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 176 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £17,960 (358th) | £20,037 (387th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £22,073 (118th) | £21,169 (164th) | £20,846 (251st) | £24,476 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £96,949 (275th) | £89,712 (243rd) | £86,811 (210th) | £61,014 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £9,433 (282nd) | £5,760 (423rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,317 (190th)1 | £11,578 (157th)2 | £9,970 (216th)3 | £8,679 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £43 (joint 388th with 1 other) | £203 (322nd) | £509 (220th) | £395 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £5,349 (joint 158th with 1 other) | £642 (400th) | £913 (310th) | £569 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,224 (532nd) | £3,217 (joint 263rd with 1 other) | £1,810 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,071 (joint 516th with 5 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £162,122 (165th) | £151,396 (250th) | £145,390 (168th) | £119,591 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £194 (563rd). Rail £9,897 (47th). Other: Rail £226 (75th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £280 (573rd). Rail £10,766 (31st). Other: Rail £532 (41st).
3 Car £406 (571st). Rail £8,541 (57th). Other £1,023 (24th).