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David Miliband
Labour MP for South Shields
- Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (since 13 Oct 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 12,312 votes. — 38th 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 David Miliband voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very 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 very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport, Treasury, Prime Minister
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Children and Young People Strategy, Local Network Fund, Key Stage 3, Job Vacancies, Benefits (South Shields)
(based on written questions asked by David Miliband and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Afghanistan and Yemen (1 Feb 2010) has video
“Mr Speaker, with your permission I will make a statement on the Afghanistan conference that took place on 28 January and the Yemen meeting the previous day. It is a grim but important feature of all discussion on Afghanistan that we remember the loss of life-coalition and Afghan-in the last eight years. As I saw for myself again two weeks ago in Kandahar, Lashkar Gah and Kabul, British...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Afghanistan and Yemen (1 Feb 2010) has video
“He is in Northern Ireland, actually. Our aim was to mobilise international resources-military and civilian-behind a clear political strategy to help to deliver the ambitious agenda that President Karzai set out at his inauguration last November. Our goals are threefold: first, to win over the active support of more of the Afghan population; secondly, to split the insurgency; and, thirdly, to...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Afghanistan and Yemen (1 Feb 2010) has video
“I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his broad welcome for the strategies that have been developed in respect of Yemen and Afghanistan. On confidence about the implementation of the plans agreed by the Government of Yemen, such confidence should be born of the deeds rather than the words that have been used. It is obviously better for words to be used than not to be used; but in the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 19 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.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 47% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 162 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.
- 123 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever David Miliband speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 888 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 | £9,083 (526th) | £17,387 (453rd) | £16,728 (joint 471st with 1 other) | £21,611 | £13,537 (514th) | £19,536 (292nd) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,281 (joint 104th with 6 others) | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,565 (377th) | £14,961 (466th) | £18,781 (439th) | £23,373 | £18,292 (336th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £26,880 (53rd) |
| Staffing costs | £84,676 (523rd) | £83,809 (449th) | £81,294 (417th) | £79,737 | £68,423 (433rd) | £65,379 (438th) | £65,008 (310th) | £47,435 (263rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,923 (408th) | £10,388 (100th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,933 (544th)3 | £3,530 (535th)2 | £3,357 (541st)1 | £6,186 | £10,652 (314th) | £9,178 (359th) | £10,817 (292nd) | £13,802 (91st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £676 (112th) | £1,354 (60th) | £773 (163rd) | £2,486 | £1,415 (129th) | £511 (265th) | £1,207 (129th) | £1,844 (45th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,020 (117th) | £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 | £3,725 (300th) | £423 (joint 534th with 1 other) | £855 (joint 335th with 1 other) | £1,196 | £1,002 (joint 287th with 1 other) | £387 (566th) | £1,832 (108th) | £2,162 (58th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,893 (389th) | £2,138 (393rd) | £1,100 | £2,063 (397th) | £872 (583rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,248 (270th) | £1,041 (joint 360th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,905 (293rd) | £1,905 (289th) | £1,905 (286th) | £1,905 (268th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £1,148 (55th) | £0 | £0 | £352 (80th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £125,599 (568th) | £134,993 (474th) | £126,115 (506th) | £135,689 | £118,907 (421st) | £118,493 (343rd) | £120,006 (170th) | £112,037 (14th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £440 (562nd). Rail £2,467 (323rd). Air £623 (112th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £2,933 (290th).