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David Miliband
Labour MP for South Shields
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How David Miliband voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education and Skills, International Development, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Afghanistan: Politics and Government, Burma: Political Prisoners, Afghanistan: International Assistance, Human Rights
(based on written questions asked by David Miliband and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (14 out of 20)
Most recent appearances
- Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day]: Youth Unemployment and Bank Bonuses (23 Jan 2012)
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- Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day]: Youth Unemployment and Bank Bonuses (23 Jan 2012)
“The right hon. Gentleman quoted the figure of 40% for the rise in youth unemployment under the previous Government. It is correct that youth unemployment started rising in 2004, but the allegation against the current Government is that they have made the situation much worse. In my constituency of South Shields there was a 210% increase in long-term youth unemployment in 2011 alone. That is...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: EU Council (12 Dec 2011)
“Will the Prime Minister confirm that in all the negotiations since 1973 the United Kingdom has never lost a significant vote on financial services regulation? Why does he think that his negotiating tactics in the future would fail where those of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair succeeded, and why does he think that it is helpful to have driven nine other members of the European Union who are...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below 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 42.32% of votes in this 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.
- 159 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on David Miliband’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 952 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Directorships
Vice-Chairman and non-executive director, Sunderland AFC, from 1 February 2011, 12-15 days a year, £75,000. Address: Sunderland AFC, Stadium of Light, Sunderland SR5 1SU
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment for articles for Mail on Sunday. Address: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, London W8 5TT:
Payment of £2,500 for article on 31 October 2010. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 15 November 2010)
Payment of £2,000 for article published on 16 January 2011. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 25 January 2011)
Payment of £2,000 received on 1 September 2011 for article published on 16 July 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 16 September 2011)
Payment of £25,000 for lecture at Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies, Abu Dhabi, 8 November 2010. Fee for lecture paid by the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies, PO Box 4567, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Travel and accommodation to Sir Bani Yas Forum on Future of Middle East 5-8 November 2010 provided by International Peace Institute, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York NY 10017, USA, and the Government of UAE, PO Box 1, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 3 days work. (Registered 30 November 2010)
Payments for speeches from London Speaker Bureau. Address: Elsinore House, 77 Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8JA:
Fee of £15,300 for speaking at the KPMG annual lecture; One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA, on 3 March 2011. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 15 March 2011)
Fee of £12,000 for speaking at the Centre of Political and Foreign Affairs; Taillevent, 15 Rue Lamennais, 75008, Paris, France on 3 March 2011. Hours: 10 hrs. Travel and one night accommodation was paid for by the Centre of Political and Foreign Affairs. (Registered 15 March 2011)
Fee of £15,300 for speaking at Allianz event: The New Normal: Global Transformation, Dynamic Competition; Claridge’s Hotel, London, on 7 April 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 6 May 2011)
Fee of £7,650 for cancelled speech at Malaysian Investment Development Authority event, 15 July 2011. (Registered 26 July 2011)
Fee of £25,500 and travel and accommodation worth £1,054 for speaking at Vatenfall Summer Economic Seminar, Basta, Sweden. Hours: 1 day. (Registered 9 August 2011)
Fee of £19,258 for speaking at the Ericsson Networked Society Forum; The Hexagon, Pier 6, Central, Hong Kong on 11-12 November 2011. Transport and accommodation (including one member of staff) came to £14,975. (Registered 13 December 2011)
Payment of £10,000 for speaking at the Global Business Leaders Education Summit Dinner, 7 February 2011. Address of payer: McKinsey and Co, 1 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 4UH. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 1 April 2011)
Senior Global Advisor, Oxford Analytica; from 10 March 2011; payment on project basis. Address: 5 Alfred Street, Oxford OX1 4EH.
Payment of £24,000. Hours: 4 days. (Registered 22 July 2011)
Travel and accommodation valued at £6,000.32 while attending Accenture Global Energy Board in San Francisco from 18 to 20 July 2011. (Registered 9 August 2011)
Transport and accommodation valued at £4,758.01 for visit to Washington, US, to attend Washington Post Global China Summit. (Registered 24 October 2011)
Payment of £15,000. Hours: 3 days. (Registered 13 December 2011)
Payment of £23,980.82 for one week of teaching at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11-15 April 2011. Address of payer: MIT Centre for International Studies, 1 Amherst St, E40-457, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Hours: 5 days work. Travel and accommodation with family provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, costing £24,404.49. (Registered 6 May 2011)
Fee of £14,400 for speaking at Global Arc event: Alternative Investments; The Landmark Hotel, London, on 9 May 2011. Hours: 7.5 hrs. (Registered 23 May 2011)
Payment for articles written for The Times Newspaper. Address: 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY:
£500 for article published on 8 March 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 6 June 2011)
£500 for article published on 23 May 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 6 June 2011)
£500, received on 3 October 2011, for article published on 7 September 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 24 October 2011)
Fee of £12,000 for speaking to the Yorkshire Fiscal Group in Harrogate on 9 June 2011. Address of payer: 1 Bridgewater Place, Water Lane, Leeds S11 5QR. Hours: 7.5 hrs. (Registered 8 July 2011)
Senior Advisor to VantagePoint CleanTech Advisory Council, from 1 August 2011. Address: VantagePoint Capital Partners, 1001 Bayhill Drive, Suite 300, San Bruno, CA 94066. Payment on a quarterly basis. (£90,001-£95,000) (Registered 22 July 2011)
Quarterly payment of £23,209.75. (Registered 1 August 2011)
Transport and accommodated valued at £2,920 for visit to Utah, US, 17-18 September 2011, to attend meeting of Vantage Point Clean Tech Advisory Board. (Registered 24 October 2011)
Quarterly payment of £23,210. (Registered 13 December 2011)
Payment of £611 for two articles for Project Syndicate, PO Box 130, 120 21 Prague 2, Czech Republic, published on 7 September 2011 and 13 October 2011. Payment received after 13 October. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 24 October 2011)
Payment of £25,027 for one week of teaching at Stanford University, 19-23 September 2011. Address of payer: Memorial Way, Stanford CA 94305-5015. Hours: 5 days work. Travel and accommodation provided by Stanford University, costing £3,834. (Registered 24 October 2011)
Member of the Advisory Board to the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Chatham House 2011 Sir Bani Yas Forum. (£60,001-£65,000)
Payment of £64,475 from the UAE Ministry Foreign Affairs, PO Box 1, Abu Dhabi, UAE. (Registered 15 December 2011)
Transport and accommodation (including one member of staff) to Sir Bani Yas Forum on Future of Middle East, 17-20 November 2011, provided by Foreign Ministry of UAE, PO Box 1, Abu Dhabi, UAE; cost £4,935. Hours: 3 days work. (Registered 3 January 2012)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Donations to support my campaign for leadership of the Labour Party:
(b) Name of donor: Keith Vaz
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: access to car and driver for remainder of campaign, amounting to £5,075.63
(b) Date of receipt: 16 August 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 16 August 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 7 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: David Sainsbury
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: services offices for one month from 18 August 2010, amounting to £27,815.18
(b) Date of receipt: 18 August 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 18 August 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 7 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Faiz-ul Rasool
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
(b) Date of receipt: 7 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 9 September 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Patrick Stewart
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
(b) Date of receipt: 26 August 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 26 August 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Gail Rebuck
(b) Address of donor: individual
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
(b) Date of receipt: 26 August 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 27 August 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Clive Hollick
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
(b) Date of receipt: 27 August 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 27 August 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Sonny Leong
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
(b) Date of receipt: 31 August 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 31 August 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Gulam Noon
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
(b) Date of receipt: 1 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 1 September 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: David Sainsbury
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 for grassroots campaigning
(b) Date of receipt: 3 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 3 September 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: David Rowntree
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
(b) Date of receipt: 10 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 10 September 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Andrew McGuiness
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
(b) Date of receipt: 9 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 10 September 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Mishcon de Reya
(b) Address of donor: Summit House, 12 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4QD
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: legal services amounting to £1,776.90
(b) Date of receipt: 1 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 1 September 2010
(b) Donor status: partnership
(b) (Registered 22 September 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Tony Blair
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £27,000
(b) Date of receipt: 20 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 4 October 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 11 October 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Richard Greer
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
(b) Date of receipt: 22 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 22 September 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 11 October 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Waheed Alli
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
(b) Date of receipt: 24 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 24 September 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered11 October 2010)
(b) Name of donor: David Sainsbury
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: serviced offices from 17 September 2010-8 October 2010 at a value of £28,909
(b) Date of receipt: 17 September 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 17 September 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 11 October 2010)
(b) Name of donor: Printank Limited
(b) Address of donor: 8 Bay Street, Leicester LE1 3BX
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: venue hire and transport services: £5,099.45
(b) Date of receipt: 6 October 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 6 October 2010
(b) Donor status: company, registration 02946966
(b) (Registered 11 October 2010)
(b) Name of donor: David Puttnam
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
(b) Date of receipt: 2 November 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 2 November 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 17 November 2010)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Ozwald Boateng Limited
Address of donor : 30-30A Savile Row, London W15 3PT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,945 discount on purchase of suit and shirts
Date of receipt of donation: 24 September 2010
Date of acceptance of donation: 24 September 2010
Donor status: company, registration 05977254
(Registered 19 October 2010)
Name of donor: McKinsey & Company
Address of donor : 1 Jermyn St, London SW1Y 4UH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: travel expenses and accommodation in Singapore, 14-19 March 2011; value £10,044
Date of receipt of donation: 14-19 March 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 14-19 March 2011
Donor status: company, registration number FC012665
(Registered 1 April 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Government of UAE
Address of donor: PO Box 1, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): estimated at £700 (travel, hotel, hospitality)
Destination of visit: Zurich, Switzerland
Date of visit: 30-31 January 2011
Purpose of visit: attend meeting of Advisory Board of Sir Bani Yas Forum, organized by Government of UAE and International Peace Institute, New York
(Registered 1 March 2011)
Name of donor: New America Foundation
Address of donor: 1899 L St., N.W., Suite 400, Washington EC20036
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel (flights only) to Washington; value £3,178
Destination of visit: Washington, USA
Date of visit: 27030 April 2011
Purpose of visit: to make a speech to New America Foundation
(Registered 23 May 2011)
Name of donor: Chatham House
Address of donor: 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel and accommodation to Krakow; value £830
Destination of visit: Krakow, Poland
Date of visit: 12-13 May 2011
Purpose of visit: to make a speech at the Chatham House Krakow Roundtable
(Registered 17 June 2011)
Name of donor: Agroventures (Pvt) Ltd
Address of donor: No 5, Street 15, Sector F-7/2, Islamabad, Pakistan
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £10,890.88
Destination of visit: Islamabad, Pakistan
Date of visit: 19-23 May 2011
Purpose of visit: meetings with political, business and civil society leaders
(Registered 21 June 2011; updated 1 August 2011)
Name of donor: Internationale Journalisten-Programme
Address of donor: Internationale Journalisten-Programme, Mierendorffplatz 4, 10589 Berlin
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,391.98
Destination of visit: Berlin
Date of visit: 5-7 July 2011
Purpose of visit: speaking to the Internationale Journalisten-Programme
(Registered 5 July 2011)
Name of donor: Sir Bani Yas Forum
Address of donor:
1)International Peace Institute, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York NY 10017, USA
2)Government of UAE, PO Box 1, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,482.22
Destination of visit: Luxembourg
Date of visit: 19-20 July 2011
Purpose of visit: Sir Bani Yas Forum planning meeting
(Registered 19 July 2011)
Name of donor:
Address of donor:
1)Yapi Kredi Plaza D Blok, Levent 34330, Istanbul, Turkey
2)14 Great College Street, London SW1P 3RX
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)£1,017
2)£344
Destination of visit: Istanbul and Bodrum
Date of visit: 14-16 October 2011
Purpose of visit: attending Global Relations Forum and Centre for European Reform Forum
(Registered 5 December 2011)
11. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Sponsorship of the 2011South Shields Lecture, which I organise, by Flybe, GMB, Hays Travel, Thompsons Solicitors, Northumbrian Water, Pity Me and Ward Hadaway.
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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 | £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 (524th) | £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)1 | £3,530 (535th)2 | £3,357 (541st)3 | £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 (569th) | £134,993 (474th) | £126,115 (506th) | £135,689 | £118,907 (421st) | £118,493 (343rd) | £120,006 (170th) | £112,037 (14th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £2,933 (290th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £440 (562nd). Rail £2,467 (323rd). Air £623 (112th).