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Edward Miliband
Labour MP for Doncaster North

  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Edward Miliband voted on key issues:

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

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

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

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Doncaster, North (Statistics), Carbon Sequestration, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Job Vacancies

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 May 2012)

“May I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Corporal Brent McCarthy of the Royal Air Force and Lance Corporal Lee Davies of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. They both showed the utmost bravery and courage, and our thoughts are with their families and friends. We need to ensure that the welcome reduction in unemployment that has been announced today is sustained by economic growth. Can...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 May 2012)

“If I may say so, it is a shame the right hon. Gentleman did not see the French President three months ago, when he was in the United Kingdom. But I am sure that a text message and “LOL” will go down very well. Europe needs a proper growth plan, which this Prime Minister has failed to argue for, and Britain needs a proper growth plan, which he has failed to come up with. Business...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 May 2012)

“The right hon. Gentleman totally failed to answer the question about the Foreign Secretary, who is saying that the problem in our economy is that British business is somehow not working hard enough. I notice that the right hon. Gentleman is now trying to claim the President of France as an ally—what is he on? But there is one group of people whom we know are losing their jobs, and that...”

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  • Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well 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 37.04% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 22 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 190 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Edward Miliband’s activity.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 490 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

4. Sponsorships
(a)Support in the capacity as an MP:
Donations to support my campaign for leadership of the Labour Party:
Name of donor: UNITE the union
Name of donor: Lord Sugar of Clapton
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £34,712; staffing costs May to December 2011, including provision of a computer
Date of receipt: 30 June 2011
Date of acceptance: 30 June 2011
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 June 2011)
Name of donor: Eddie Izzard
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,889.40 donation towards office costs
Date of receipt: 5 July 2011
Date of acceptance: 5 July 2011
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 July 2011)
Name of donor: GMB the union
Address of donor: 22/24 Worple Place, London SW19 4DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,950.80 donation in kind for employment costs of a member of staff for 20 days of work during the period of 10 October 2011-31 March 2012.
Date of receipt: 10 October 2011
Date of acceptance: 2 November 2011
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 4 November 2011)
Name of donor: Lord Sugar of Clapton
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £50,305 staffing costs January to December 2012
Date of receipt: 1 January 2012
Date of acceptance: 1 January 2012
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 January 2012)
7. Overseas benefits and gifts
Name of donor: Sultan of Brunei
Address of donor : c/o Office of the Sultan of Brunei, Prime Minister’s office, Jalan Kimbang Pasang, Bandar Seti Begawan BA 1311 Brunei Darussalam
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Harrods Christmas hamper valued at over £660
Date of receipt of donation: 22 December 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 22 December 2011
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 January 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.

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£7,783 (545th) £7,670 (571st) £7,795 (575th) £7,246        
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
Office running costs£14,673 (439th) £19,344 (272nd) £19,805 (383rd) £19,567        
Staffing costs£86,386 (503rd) £90,048 (227th) £87,082 (194th) £75,766        
Communications Allowance£6,309 (431st) £4,033 (501st) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£4,498 (474th)1 £4,558 (491st)2 £7,459 (324th)3 £7,270        
Members' Staff Travel£2,075 (17th) £1,196 (76th) £2,189 (35th) £943        
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £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£2,174 (499th) £473 (506th) £1,264 (joint 203rd with 1 other) £1,603        
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£870 (579th) £4,197 (183rd) £4,524 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,290 (joint 203rd with 4 others) £1,233 (joint 77th with 7 others) £1,233        
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
Total£123,897 (578th) £129,482 (537th) £131,024 (443rd) £118,152        

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £4,498 (209th).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £4,558 (204th).

3 Car £909 (538th). Rail £6,550 (110th).

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Other offices held in the past

  • Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (13 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
  • Secretary of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change (6 Oct 2008 to 13 Oct 2009)
  • Minister of State, Cabinet Office (28 Jun 2007 to 6 Oct 2008)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office (16 Jan 2007 to 28 Jun 2007)
  • Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (25 Oct 2006 to 16 Jan 2007)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office (8 May 2006 to 25 Oct 2006)

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