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Andrew Miller

Labour MP for Ellesmere Port & Neston

    • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
    • Majority: 6,486 votes. — 370th out of 643 MPs.

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Andrew Miller voted on key issues since 2001:

    • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
    • Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

    Read about how the voting record is decided.

    More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

    Committees and topics of interest

    Select Committee membership
    • Member, Liaison Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
    • Chairman, Regulatory Reform Committee (since 20 Jul 2005)

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Work and Pensions, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Health, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Teleworking, Parliamentary Questions, Denise Christina Arathoon, Road Safety, Benefit Fraud

    (based on written questions asked by Andrew Miller and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

    RSS feed Most recent appearances

    Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (3 Feb 2010) has video

    “Even though the claimant count is 48 per cent. down in my constituency, it is nevertheless a great disappointment to hear of Bowater going into administration. Will my right hon. Friend do what he can to ensure that the parent company's actions are investigated-it seems to be playing fast and loose with the British work force-and that the work force affected and the supply chain are given...”

    Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2): New Clause 70 — Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer (1 Feb 2010) has video

    “I was elected to the 1992 Parliament, as was my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay), and I recall that the Easter recess occurred immediately after the election; there was a gap. Practical problems have been identified, and the hon. Gentleman raises a fair point that needs looking at, especially given what IPSA is saying about setting up loan procedures and so forth. In my...”

    Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2): New Clause 70 — Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer (1 Feb 2010) has video

    “I welcome the spirit of the exchanges that have taken place. I am sure all Members will agree that it is vital for us to resolve these detailed matters before the new Parliament, difficult though that task will be. As was pointed out by the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath), some of them will be harder to resolve than others. The hon. Gentleman also stole one of my lines. In my...”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
    • 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 86% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
    • 79 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Andrew Miller speaks.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 480 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    6. Overseas visits
    7-12 September 2008, to Israel and Palestine with Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). Travel and hospitality within Israel and Palestine paid for by LFI. Accommodation paid for by LFI at a rate discounted through the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some hospitality provided by the Palestinian Legislative Council, Palestinian Authority and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Registered 25 October 2008)
    29 November-7 December 2008, to Hyderabad, India, for the United Nations Internet Governance Forum and to visit a number of high-tech companies. Flights, and some hotel and internal travel costs were met by Nominet, the UK domain name registry; the balance was paid by PITCOM (Parliamentary IT Committee). (Registered 22 December 2008)
    Name of donor: Nominet
    Address of donor: Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, hotel and incidental costs; total value £1,203
    Destination of visit: Egypt
    Date of visit: 14-19 November 2009
    Purpose of visit: to attend Internet Governance Forum
    (Registered 16 December 2009)

    Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register

    View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

    Expenses

    Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£17,585 (369th) £17,817 (442nd) £17,727 (452nd) £19,667 £19,365 (342nd) £19,959 (257th) £18,239 (413th) £14,350 (418th)
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Office running costs£15,581 (412th) £16,407 (417th) £20,129 (354th) £17,172 £19,043 (230th) £16,787 (534th) £16,061 (517th) £16,330 (290th)
    Staffing costs£100,341 (150th) £84,011 (442nd) £87,089 (191st) £82,512 £69,201 (407th) £66,570 (392nd) £65,274 (286th) £45,419 (349th)
    Communications Allowance£8,785 (319th) £6,095 (410th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£14,460 (83rd)3 £15,382 (69th)2 £16,610 (39th)1 £11,569 £14,250 (167th) £13,591 (191st) £14,724 (150th) £8,117 (315th)
    Members' Staff Travel£0 £1,005 (101st) £909 (140th) £162 £1,322 (141st) £228 (357th) £940 (179th) £1,117 (121st)
    Members' Spouse Travel£708 (162nd) £818 (147th) 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£5,121 (173rd) £934 (247th) £857 (334th) £1,442 £1,320 (206th) £1,095 (225th) £1,085 (298th) £549 (joint 529th with 1 other)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,993 (240th) £2,125 (397th) £3,834 £3,409 (227th) £1,979 (415th) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,340 (joint 135th with 1 other) £1,175 (joint 136th with 6 others) £219 £1,992 (joint 81st with 2 others) £1,992 (joint 75th with 2 others) £1,992 (joint 74th with 2 others) £1,773 (joint 389th with 1 other)
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Total£162,581 (157th) £146,802 (322nd) £146,621 (143rd) £136,577 £129,902 (194th) £122,201 (257th) £118,315 (204th) £87,655 (351st)

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,391 (354th). Rail £11,243 (25th). Other: Rail £387 (55th). European £1,361 (31st).

    3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,662 (417th). Rail £11,270 (29th). Air £380 (126th). Other: Rail £184 (86th). European £964 (57th).

    1 Car £2,435 (372nd). Rail £12,579 (7th). Air £410 (164th). European £1,186 (34th).