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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 moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- 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)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“On that point, will the Chancellor confirm that the total number of hours worked in our economy is now lower than it was two years ago?”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“indicated dissent .”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“The Chancellor allocated £500 million for a national insurance tax cut for new firms that were taking on new workers. It has totally flopped and failed, with very little take-up. I said that we should use that £500 million to help existing small firms to take on new employees—a plan that would work, rather than a plan from this Chancellor that is failing. That says it all.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — 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 63.49% 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") 668 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Received from the Economist, 25 St James’s St, London SW1A 1HG, travel and accommodation with a value of £2,486.23. This was for speaking at the Buttonwood Gathering in New York, USA, 25-27 October 2011. Hours spent on preparation and delivery of the speech: 16 hrs plus travel. (Registered 21 December 2011)
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 at £15,000 each year (£7,000 July-December 2011)
(b) Date of receipt: 6 June 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 6 June 2011
(b) Donor status: company, registration number 03556095
(b) (Registered 27 July 2011)
(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 17 week secondment from 4 January 2012 until 27 April 2012, value £59,976
(b) Date of receipt: 4 January to 27 April 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 4 January to 27 April 2012
(b) Donor status: Limited Liability Partnership
(b) (Registered 14 January 2012)
(b) Name of donor: The Co-operative Group Ltd
(b) Address of donor: New Century House, Corporation St, Manchester M60 4ES
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £50,000 received through the Labour Party to support the Shadow Chancellor’s office
(b) Date of receipt: 31 March 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 31 March 2012
(b) Donor status: company, IP525R
(b) (Registered 23 April 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Lord Bhattacharyya
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 received through the Labour Party to support the Shadow Chancellor’s office
(b) Date of receipt: 26 March 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 26 March 2012
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 23 April 2012)
Register last updated: 30 Apr 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).