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Edward Balls
Labour MP for Morley and Outwood

  • Also represented Normanton
  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Edward Balls voted on key issues:

  • Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
  • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Education, Home Department, Education and Skills, Treasury, Work and Pensions

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Building Schools for the Future Programme, Police: Manpower, Financial Services: Pay, Mental Health, Care Support Services

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Economic Growth (15 May 2013)

“Will the Chancellor give way?”

Economic Growth (15 May 2013)

“rose—”

Economic Growth (15 May 2013)

“To avoid any risk of double-speak, Madam Deputy Speaker, in order to make sure that we have the full facts before us, the Chancellor claimed that he was tackling the welfare bill—[Interruption.] No, no double-speak. Let us be absolutely clear that between 2010-11 and 2012-13, expenditure on benefits has gone up, because of higher unemployment, inflation and other things, by £8.1...”

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  • Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 62.11% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 48 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.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 711 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Bloomberg Tradebook Europe Limited
(b) Address of donor: City Gate House, 39/45 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1PQ
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Bloomberg terminal and pro licence; value £15,000 for 2012
(b) Date of receipt: 6 June 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 6 June 2012
(b) Donor status: company, registration number 03556095
(b) (Registered 27 July 2011; updated 28 August 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Pricewaterhouse Coopers
(b) Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London WC1N 6RM
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the services of a research assistant/analyst to support me in my opposition front bench role, for 4 days a week on a 22 week secondment from 4 January 2012 to 1 June 2012, value £72,576
(b) Date of receipt: 4 January to 1 June 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 4 January to 1 June 2012
(b) Donor status: Limited Liability Partnership
(b) (Registered 14 January 2012; updated 18 June 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Ken Follett
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £30,000 received through the Labour Party to support the Shadow Chancellor’s office.
(b) Date of receipt: 24 July 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 24 July 2012
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 24 July 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Pricewaterhouse Coopers
(b) Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London WC1N 6RM
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the services of a research assistant/analyst to support me in my opposition front bench role, for 5 days a week on a 17 week secondment from 5 November 2012 to 1 March 2013, value £88,060
(b) Date of receipt: 5 November 2012 to 1 March 2013
(b) Date of acceptance: 5 November 2012 to 1 March 2013
(b) Donor status: Limited Liability Partnership
(b) (Registered 3 December 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Bloomberg Tradebook Europe Limited
(b) Address of donor: City Gate House, 39/45 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1PQ
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Bloomberg terminal and pro licence; value £15,655.53, including VAT, for period 1 May 2013 to 31 April 2014.
(b) Date of receipt: 1 May 2013
(b) Date of acceptance: 1 May 2013
(b) Donor status: company, registration number 03556095
(b) (Registered 29 April 2013)

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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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
Staying away from main home£11,840 (joint 479th with 1 other) £12,219 (joint 528th with 1 other) £15,979 (494th) £13,618        
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
Office running costs£27,747 (23rd) £21,429 (130th) £26,801 (67th) £28,400        
Staffing costs£88,777 (469th) £90,414 (202nd) £80,915 (424th) £75,231        
Communications Allowance£12,147 (91st) £9,312 (253rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£10,922 (164th)1 £11,346 (167th)2 £13,933 (90th)3 £12,984        
Members' Staff Travel£588 (138th) £1,129 (81st) £1,266 (joint 91st with 1 other) £240        
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£2,195 (7th) £2,010 (11th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£5,569 (142nd) £2,126 (16th) £3,928 (25th) £3,345        
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£4,470 (106th) £10,740 (28th) £9,365 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,071 (joint 516th with 5 others) £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) £1,014        
Other Costs£0 £0 £2,500 (41st) £0        
Total£159,784 (199th) £155,526 (180th) £157,076 (35th) £144,197        

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,043 (267th). Rail £7,783 (84th). Misc £96 (166th).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,277 (180th). Rail £7,019 (113th). Misc £50 (197th).

3 Car £5,064 (141st). 3rd party £30 (47th). Rail £8,839 (52nd).

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