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Ms Debra Shipley
Former Labour MP for Stourbridge

    • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
    • Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Ms Debra Shipley voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
      • Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
      • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
      • Has never voted on introducing foundation hospitals. votes
      • Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
      • Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes
      • Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
      • Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
      • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
      • Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
      • Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
      • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
      • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes

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      Most recent appearances

      Written Answers — Education and Skills: Stourbridge (24 Mar 2005)

      “To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Stourbridge constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to her Department's policies since 1997.”

      Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Stourbridge (24 Mar 2005)

      “To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Stourbridge constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.”

      Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Human Rights Norms for Business (23 Mar 2005)

      “To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role the Government envisages for the UN Human Rights Norms for Business in clarifying the responsibilities of multinational corporations with regard to human rights.”

      More of Ms Debra Shipley's recent appearances

      Numerology

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      • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
      • Has voted in 41.17% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
      • 2 people are tracking this MP.

      Expenses

      Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).

      Type2008/092007/082006/072005/062004/05 (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      £505 £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) £19,680 (joint 281st with 4 others) £14,094 (435th)
      London costs      £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Office running costs      £450 £17,406 (389th) £17,112 (524th) £16,747 (joint 493rd with 1 other) £13,135 (410th)
      Staffing costs      £6,703 £71,978 (260th) £66,306 (401st) £68,720 (132nd) £54,323 (84th)
      Communications AllowanceN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Travel      £0 £8,733 (joint 386th with 1 other) £8,566 (382nd) £9,644 (339th) £8,143 (312th)
      Members' Staff Travel      £522 £691 (joint 238th with 1 other) £0 £580 (236th) £462 (255th)
      Members' Spouse TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Family TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Centrally Purchased Stationery      £3 £1,409 (186th) £1,885 (83rd) £1,371 (193rd) £1,447 (joint 184th with 1 other)
      Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £135 £5,688 (115th) £7,953 (43rd) N/A N/A
      Centrally Provided Computer Equipment      £0 £1,894 (313th) £1,894 (308th) £1,894 (303rd) £1,894 (286th)
      Other Costs      £16,124 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Total      £24,442 £128,701 (213th) £124,049 (joint 224th with 1 other) £118,636 (200th) £93,498 (195th)