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Claire Curtis-Thomas
Labour MP for Crosby
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 5,840 votes. — 353rd 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 Claire Curtis-Thomas voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, International Development, Education and Skills, Trade and Industry, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Criminal Cases Review Commission, Identity Cards, Prisons, Police, Crown Prosecution Service
(based on written questions asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- International Development Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: Departmental ICT (29 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has allocated for the (a) procurement, (b) maintenance, (c) compliance testing and (d) security of information technology systems in 2010-11.”
- Written Answers — Defence: Departmental ICT (29 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on information technology in the last three financial years; how much of this was spent on (a) software development and testing and (b) application including (i) staff training, (ii) the cost of new hardware and software and (iii) the cost of launching into the live environment.”
- Written Answers — Defence: Departmental ICT (28 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which departmental information technology projects have been outsourced to companies based overseas in the last three years; and what the monetary value was of each such contract.”
More of Claire Curtis-Thomas's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 325 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 46% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 81 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Claire Curtis-Thomas speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 196 times in debates — below 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 | £23,469 (117th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,628 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,330 (joint 163rd with 2 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,000 (439th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £21,830 (131st) | £14,187 (488th) | £19,995 (joint 366th with 1 other) | £19,897 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,780 (joint 271st with 1 other) | £18,215 (joint 248th with 2 others) | £18,176 (228th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,568 (143rd) | £97,656 (37th) | £85,753 (268th) | £86,082 | £74,178 (181st) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,067 (121st) | £40,740 (497th) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,380 (466th) | £9,651 (joint 214th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,010 (444th)3 | £9,280 (251st)2 | £7,943 (305th)1 | £7,653 | £15,869 (118th) | £27,155 (16th) | £24,853 (17th) | £14,415 (82nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,519 (38th) | £1,481 (47th) | £1,732 (50th) | £1,096 | £2,478 (42nd) | £3,572 (10th) | £974 (174th) | £2,431 (21st) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,596 (69th) | £3,790 (16th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £1,213 (14th) | £574 (37th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £5,829 (130th) | £901 (joint 263rd with 1 other) | £871 (joint 326th with 1 other) | £1,613 | £3,827 (joint 33rd with 1 other) | £5,661 (7th) | £6,045 (4th) | £2,172 (57th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,678 (160th) | £3,437 (237th) | £4,754 | £12,890 (25th) | £19,038 (5th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,340 (joint 135th with 1 other) | £1,175 (joint 136th with 6 others) | £148 | £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 | £217 | £1,862 (67th) | £559 (74th) | £9,932 (10th) | £0 |
| Total | £166,414 (109th) | £165,621 (41st) | £143,016 (213th) | £143,088 | £153,352 (16th) | £168,889 (1st) | £150,829 (2nd) | £93,955 (191st) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,273 (368th). Rail £5,278 (175th). Air £1,729 (88th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,990 (372nd). Rail £1,634 (388th). Air £1,340 (88th). Misc £46 (204th).
1 Car £1,736 (451st). 3rd party £96 (34th). Rail £5,188 (165th). Air £923 (118th).