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Ben Bradshaw
Labour MP for Exeter
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ben Bradshaw voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. 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 strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. 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 allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Church Commissioners, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Health Services: Sign Language, National Lottery, Primary Care Trusts: South West, Museums and Galleries: Finance, Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
(based on written questions asked by Ben Bradshaw and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- 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 — Deputy Prime Minister: House of Lords Reform (7 Feb 2012)
“When the Deputy Prime Minister talks to the bishops and the archbishops about their futures, will he gently remind them that the overwhelming majority in Parliament, in the country and in the Church of England want women to be able to become bishops, and that it might not be in the interests of the House of bishops to try to amend or water down the current measure before Synod this week?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Informal European Council (31 Jan 2012)
“Given that Germany grew 3% last year, and has its lowest unemployment for 20 years and more manufacturing and a smaller pay gap than Britain, why is the Prime Minister so against the practice of worker representation on company boards?”
- Business of the House (26 Jan 2012)
“I hope the Leader of the House sensed the House’s disappointment in his reply to the right hon. Member for Saffron Walden (Sir Alan Haselhurst) on the Daylight Saving Bill. Given the overwhelming support for the Bill, the outrageous wrecking tactics last Friday and the fact that this House is not exactly inundated with Government business, why does the Leader of the House not introduce...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 61 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — 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 66.81% 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 703 times in debates — well above 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 | £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).