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Edward Balls
Labour MP for Morley and Outwood
- Also represented Normanton
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Edward Balls voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. 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 very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
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
(based on written questions asked by Edward Balls and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“Let me start by striking a rather different tone from that of the Chancellor’s performance in the House this afternoon by setting out where the Opposition agree with what he and the Government are trying to achieve and offering some constructive proposals to tackle the flaws in the legislation before us and help make it a better Bill. Financial stability and the effective regulation of...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“There were failures in auditing, in corporate governance, in regulation—”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“In Government regulation, in credit rating agencies and in Governments throughout the world. I shall come to some of the wider failures in a moment.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 29 written questions in the last year — 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 61.91% 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") 650 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).