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Mr Bill O'Brien
Former Labour MP for Normanton
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
- Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mr Bill O'Brien voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Correspondence (22 Mar 2005)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ask Mr. Rushton, Assistant Director of the Tax Credits Office, to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Normanton sent on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. C. of Kirkhamgate, Wakefield and their claim for tax credits outstanding from September 2004.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Prison Programmes (17 Mar 2005)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budgets for (a) offending behaviour programmes, (b) drug treatment and (c) basic skills education in prisons were in 2003–04; and what the budgets are for (i) 2004–05, (ii) 2005–06 and (iii) 2006–07.”
- Analogue Television Switch-off (15 Mar 2005)
“Has the hon. Gentleman seen the briefing from Astra GB, which states that a substantial number of local authorities and social landlords will not allow a dish on their dwellings? He made a point about receiving the changeover via disk, but that will be denied to the relevant tenants unless there is a change in the planning procedures and the attitudes of some social landlords. Does he...”
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- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
- Has voted in 66.45% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- 1 person is tracking this MP.
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 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 | £367 | £16,047 (461st) | £15,825 (446th) | £16,750 (475th) | £12,271 (joint 510th with 1 other) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £128 | £3,812 (652nd) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £7,045 (641st) | £3,603 (642nd) | |||
| Staffing costs | £11,673 | £70,719 (302nd) | £66,271 (403rd) | £46,242 (630th) | £41,828 (476th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £442 | £12,691 (245th) | £12,095 (242nd) | £12,633 (217th) | £9,455 (246th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £2,446 (45th) | £2,207 (43rd) | £1,377 (110th) | £1,209 (111th) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £146 (635th) | £0 | £857 (403rd) | £915 (364th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £710 (611th) | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,947 (joint 199th with 2 others) | £1,947 (joint 194th with 2 others) | £1,947 (joint 192nd with 2 others) | £1,947 (joint 183rd with 2 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £33,918 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £46,528 | £108,518 (563rd) | £117,144 (371st) | £86,851 (628th) | £71,228 (585th) |