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Anne Begg
Labour MP for Aberdeen South
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 1,348 votes. — 583rd out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Anne Begg voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly 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 strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted 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
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
- Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Scotland, Work and Pensions, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Child Tax Credit, Tax Credits, Bankruptcy, Petroleum Licensing, Chiropodists/Podiatrists
(based on written questions asked by Anne Begg and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Mental Health Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Commons Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Traffic Management Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Extradition Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Municipal Waste Recycling Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Waste and Emissions Trading Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Pensioners (Financial Assistance) (1 Feb 2010) has video
“While welcoming the tripling of the cold weather payments, which has made a huge difference-I am sure that this weekend there will be another trigger in my constituency because we have had another 3 or 4 inches of snow-the problem for pensioners is that they do not know that they are going to get the payment because they do not know that it has been triggered. As a result of the scare stories...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Topical Questions (1 Feb 2010) has video
“Although most people agree with the principles of the employment and support allowance, there is a group of people who pass the work capability assessment, but who may still have health issues that are acting as a barrier to work. Will Ministers ensure that they are given proper advice, instead of being put on to jobseeker's allowance and then being ignored so that they do not get the...”
- Women and Equality: Equality Bill (Access to Information) (28 Jan 2010) has video
“If she will bring forward amendments to the Equality Bill to provide equality of access to information for blind and partially-sighted people.”
More of Anne Begg's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 79% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
- 57 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Anne Begg speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 207 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| 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 | £22,579 (165th) | £22,116 (287th) | £21,215 (333rd) | £21,634 | £20,280 (293rd) | £19,924 (262nd) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,790 (217th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £21,033 (174th) | £23,170 (86th) | £24,265 (116th) | £25,626 | £18,917 (251st) | £18,790 (joint 243rd with 2 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,241 (161st) |
| Staffing costs | £87,062 (488th) | £88,673 (289th) | £80,474 (432nd) | £66,504 | £66,744 (478th) | £63,921 (514th) | £65,283 (281st) | £62,422 (12th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,631 (149th) | £9,652 (213th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £16,026 (51st)3 | £16,661 (49th)2 | £17,007 (35th)1 | £16,993 | £12,893 (231st) | £15,352 (135th) | £15,159 (138th) | £11,659 (150th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £4,418 (2nd) | £12,287 | £4,933 (4th) | £3,988 (6th) | £3,095 (14th) | £3,095 (13th) |
| 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 | £6,940 (47th) | £1,013 (218th) | £1,600 (142nd) | £1,231 | £2,916 (56th) | £2,344 (42nd) | £1,056 (joint 309th with 2 others) | £1,487 (174th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,376 (115th) | £4,255 (176th) | £2,999 | £7,888 (66th) | £4,960 (119th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,132 (joint 446th with 1 other) | £996 (joint 425th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,981 (103rd) | £1,981 (97th) | £1,981 (96th) | £1,488 (joint 467th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £4,306 (46th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £168,578 (85th) | £166,793 (34th) | £154,230 (50th) | £147,274 | £136,552 (95th) | £131,260 (99th) | £124,530 (75th) | £116,182 (7th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,167 (378th). Rail £579 (482nd). Air £12,570 (20th). Misc £1,345 (20th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,312 (245th). Rail £1,943 (360th). Air £9,506 (42nd). Misc £1,265 (22nd).
1 Car £2,128 (408th). 3rd party £826 (15th). Rail £795 (445th). Air £11,972 (28th). Other £1,286 (17th).