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Claire Ward
Former Labour MP for Watford
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 1,148 votes. — 596th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Claire Ward voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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 their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House: Clause 10 — Consent to prosecution (7 Apr 2010) has video
“I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This Bill will bring about a much-needed overhaul of our criminal law as it applies to bribery. With the Bill on the statue book, we can be proud that United Kingdom law in this area will provide a benchmark for other countries, and with it this country will set the gold standard-I used that term in Committee-for our international...”
- Business of the House: Clause 10 — Consent to prosecution (7 Apr 2010) has video
“We had a good opportunity in Committee to debate the important issues relating to consent to prosecution. The hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Djanogly) argued in Committee, as he has done here, that the offences under the Bill are sufficiently serious to justify vesting responsibility for consenting to a prosecution to the Attorney-General rather than to the director of the relevant...”
- Written Answers — Justice: Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (6 Apr 2010)
“The requested information is shown in the following tables: The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for selected offences, England and Wales, 2006 to 2008( 1, 2, 3) 2006 2007 Statute Offence description Proceeded against Found guilty Sentenced Proceeded against Found guilty Sentenced 10822 Badgers Act...”
More of Claire Ward's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 66.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 81 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 127 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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 | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £16,953 (414th) | £14,095 (538th) | £12,271 (joint 510th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,482 (451st) | £15,796 (438th) | £21,310 (223rd) | £15,893 | £18,538 (307th) | £17,433 (joint 509th with 1 other) | £15,087 (546th) | £24,137 (85th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,328 (116th) | £94,755 (57th) | £91,396 (48th) | £83,188 | £74,908 (146th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £67,555 (153rd) | £40,176 (508th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,407 (347th) | £7,987 (331st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,051 (579th)1 | £2,451 (573rd)2 | £1,418 (606th)3 | £1,377 | £3,158 (587th) | £2,770 (595th) | £1,939 (617th) | £1,356 (618th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £41 (419th) | £47 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £2,398 (458th) | £663 (386th) | £2,461 (63rd) | £1,550 | £7,027 (10th) | £923 (296th) | £1,018 (joint 325th with 1 other) | £980 (340th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,130 (547th) | £6,941 (85th) | £5,361 | £23,811 (5th) | £3,063 (256th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,335 (joint 142nd with 3 others) | £1,132 (joint 197th with 5 others) | £944 | £1,618 (539th) | £1,618 (527th) | £1,618 (496th) | £1,126 (joint 533rd with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £152,671 (295th) | £147,200 (315th) | £146,809 (138th) | £129,994 | £149,962 (25th) | £114,533 (432nd) | £101,312 (529th) | £80,046 (487th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,906 (383rd). Rail £68 (566th). Misc £77 (175th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,451 (347th).