This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Email me updates on Ben Bradshaw’s activity (no more than once per day)
Ben Bradshaw
Labour MP for Exeter
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Ben Bradshaw
- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ben Bradshaw voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Culture Media and Sport, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Cycling, Israel, Air Pollution, Alcoholic Drinks: Prices, Air Pollution: Greater London
(based on written questions asked by Ben Bradshaw and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (9 out of 13)
- Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- British Overseas Territories Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Insurance (16 May 2013)
“What steps he is taking on flood insurance.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Insurance (16 May 2013)
“A one-month extension is simply not good enough. The Government have had three years in which to sort out the problem, and, in the meantime, householders and businesses in Exeter and throughout the south-west face huge hikes in their premiums because of the uncertainty. Can the Secretary of State assure the House that both the Prime Minister and the Chancellor understand that no country in...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (16 May 2013)
“What is the Government’s estimate of the costs of policing the badger cull, and who will pay for it?”
More of Ben Bradshaw's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 52 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 69 written questions in the last year — 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 71.26% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 25 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
- 97 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Ben Bradshaw’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 742 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
20 December 2011, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 1 June 2012)
13 February 2012, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 1 June 2012)
15 June 2012, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 August 2012)
27 November 2012, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 7 December 2012)
22 March 2013, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 April 2013)
Payments from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion surveys:
12 September 2011, payment of £150. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 1 June 2012)
26 January 2012, payment of £150. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 1 June 2012)
8 January 2013, payment of £150. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 11 January 2013)
Payments from BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, Broadcasting House, 6OB,Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2LR:
9 September 2011, payment of £150 for appearing on Any Questions. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 June 2012)
25 January 2013, payment of £150 for appearing on Any Questions. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 February 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Embassy of the State of Qatar
Address of donor: 1 South Audley Street, London W1K 1NB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £4,120
Destination of visit: Doha, Qatar
Date of visit: 20-22 May 2012
Purpose of visit: speaking at Doha Forum
(Registered 21 September 2012)
11. Miscellaneous
I am a member of the Humboldt Advisory Board, Humboldt University, Mohrenstraffe 60, 10117 Berlin, and attended an Advisory Board meeting and a Placement Provider Conference in Berlin in May and June 2012. The costs, which were below the registrable threshold, were met by the University. (Registered 21 September 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £18,144 (354th) | £19,715 (400th) | £13,918 (516th) | £9,775 | £13,160 (522nd) | £9,154 (576th) | £9,987 (588th) | £12,672 (495th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £17,239 (342nd) | £17,117 (391st) | £20,106 (357th) | £16,344 | £15,044 (488th) | £18,141 (447th) | £18,168 (joint 304th with 2 others) | £12,647 (435th) |
| Staffing costs | £88,993 (465th) | £84,890 (joint 418th with 1 other) | £86,086 (254th) | £75,130 | £70,566 (309th) | £66,016 (420th) | £65,114 (302nd) | £51,087 (141st) |
| Communications Allowance | £3,908 (511th) | £9,556 (227th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,266 (530th)1 | £3,117 (547th)2 | £3,757 (532nd)3 | £3,601 | £4,250 (556th) | £4,197 (joint 550th with 1 other) | £3,781 (569th) | £2,790 (573rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,248 (joint 57th with 1 other) | £176 (334th) | £240 (310th) | £646 | £1,924 (81st) | £556 (249th) | £2,079 (44th) | £960 (140th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £159 (304th) | 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 | £5,309 (163rd) | £1,446 (joint 104th with 1 other) | £1,426 (175th) | £1,302 | £1,744 (134th) | £1,979 (69th) | £1,562 (152nd) | £1,013 (joint 325th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,592 (94th) | £4,758 (147th) | £3,669 | £5,422 (125th) | £6,192 (71st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £827 (624th) | £827 (594th) | £0 | £1,877 (joint 346th with 6 others) | £1,877 (joint 340th with 5 others) | £1,877 (joint 332nd with 5 others) | £1,877 (joint 312th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £138,107 (477th) | £141,595 (396th) | £131,118 (440th) | £110,467 | £115,605 (482nd) | £109,686 (512th) | £104,095 (501st) | £84,176 (joint 428th with 1 other) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £3,266 (270th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £3,117 (284th).