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Ann Coffey
Labour MP for Stockport
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — 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 Ann Coffey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Education, Treasury, Health, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Marketing, Children in Care, Social Security Benefits, Working Tax Credit, Welfare Tax Credits
(based on written questions asked by Ann Coffey and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Presumption of Death Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Statutory Instruments (Scrutiny) (25 Apr 2013)
“The Cabinet Office used to give us the direct numbers of private ministerial offices. This year, we were given only the number of the main departmental switchboards. This week I had a very unhelpful experience when I tried to get some information about the progress of a regulation from a particular Department. Can—”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Statutory Instruments (Scrutiny) (25 Apr 2013)
“Yes, the regulation was one that I was attempting to scrutinise the progress of, but I could not do so because of that unhelpful experience. Can the Deputy Leader of the House look into why we are now longer given the numbers of private ministerial offices, so that Members of Parliament such as me can do our jobs in scrutinising not only the regulations that are laid, but those that are about...”
- Written Answers — Health: Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes (25 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what service provision the National Commissioning Board will allocate funding to sexual assault referral centres in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70.75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 202 times in debates — 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 | £15,663 (416th) | £21,985 (293rd) | £20,689 (363rd) | £21,042 | £19,434 (337th) | £17,583 (388th) | £18,360 (405th) | £13,950 (444th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,114 (392nd) | £19,447 (268th) | £21,949 (186th) | £20,491 | £19,229 (180th) | £18,793 (joint 228th with 3 others) | £17,861 (400th) | £22,984 (105th) |
| Staffing costs | £84,093 (537th) | £86,421 (366th) | £83,006 (372nd) | £79,034 | £59,335 (615th) | £61,707 (570th) | £61,736 (457th) | £40,922 (495th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,839 (138th) | £7,329 (366th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,069 (289th)1 | £9,751 (231st)2 | £10,463 (200th)3 | £11,610 | £15,397 (128th) | £14,959 (149th) | £15,286 (132nd) | £12,285 (131st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £322 (joint 224th with 3 others) | £211 (319th) | £1,178 (104th) | £1,620 | £2,203 (joint 61st with 1 other) | £859 (joint 182nd with 1 other) | £542 (joint 247th with 1 other) | £1,020 (132nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £308 (joint 261st with 1 other) | 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 | £982 (609th) | £1,383 (112th) | £1,278 (201st) | £828 | £1,175 (243rd) | £1,275 (162nd) | £534 (556th) | £1,031 (joint 316th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,915 (joint 384th with 1 other) | £3,600 (226th) | £2,737 | £3,865 (196th) | £4,103 (160th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,496 (17th) | £1,276 (joint 51st with 2 others) | £1,096 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £136,082 (494th) | £150,246 (264th) | £143,439 (202nd) | £138,458 | £122,659 (346th) | £121,300 (279th) | £116,340 (247th) | £94,213 (184th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,050 (368th). Rail £5,187 (178th). Misc £832 (46th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,550 (336th). Rail £6,240 (144th). Misc £961 (35th).