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Edward Miliband
Labour MP for Doncaster North
- Leader of the Opposition (since 25 Sep 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Edward Miliband voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
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
(based on written questions asked by Edward Miliband and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Charities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
Most recent appearances
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“I am sure that the whole House will want to join me in paying tribute to those who have died in Afghanistan since we last met: Corporal William Thomas Savage and Fusilier Samuel Flint, both from the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, and Private Robert Murray Hetherington from 51st Highland, 7th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland. They died on patrol...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“I will make a bit more progress. The country has big problems, but this Queen’s Speech has no answers. The Government may have legislated for five years in office, but they are out of ideas after just three. Let us think of the young people we all met during the election campaign and imagine what they feel, looking for a job in Britain 2013, and how their families feel when they cannot...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
“It is all very well having a Whips’ question, but the Government are borrowing £245 billion more. Three years, no growth, a flatlining economy—that is the record of this Chancellor.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 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 36.96% 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 544 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Donations to support my work as Leader of the Labour Party:
(b) Name of donor: Dr Gurnek Bains
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: donation of venue hire in central London for private evening event, with a value of £1,500
(b) Date of receipt: 18 July 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 18 July 2012
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 15 August 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Rosamund McCarthy
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: donation of £2,167.48 towards the cost of a private reception event held in my capacity as Leader of the Labour Party in central London on 28 November 2012. See also my entry in Category 11.
(b) Date of receipt: 28 November 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 28 November 2012
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (First registered 11 December 2012; updated 21 December 2012 )
(b) Name of donor: Stephen Lloyd
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: donation of £2,167.48 towards the cost of a private reception event held in my capacity as Leader of the Labour Party in central London on 28 November 2012. See also my entry in Category 11.
(b) Date of receipt: 28 November 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 28 November 2012
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (First registered 11 December 2012; updated 21 December 2012 )
(b) Name of donor: Lord Sugar of Clapton
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £51,141.44 towards staffing costs from January to December 2013
(b) Date of receipt: 31 January 2013
(b) Date of acceptance: 31 January 2013
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 15 February 2013 )
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Address of donor: One Churchill Place, London E14 5LN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets for myself and my wife for opening and closing ceremony in the presidential box; and passes for the Olympics for myself and my wife. All were given to me in my role as Leader of the Opposition. We attended five events. No face value was given on the tickets or passes.
Date of receipt of donation: 27 July 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 27 July 2012
Donor status: company, registration no. 5267819
(Registered 24 August 2012)
Name of donor: London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Address of donor: One Churchill Place, London E14 5LN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets for myself and my wife for opening and closing ceremony, in the presidential box; and passes for the Paralympics for myself and my wife. No value stated. All were given to me in my role as Leader of the Opposition.We attended one day of events in addition to the opening and closing ceremonies.
Date of receipt of donation: 29 August 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 29 August 2012
Donor status: company, registration no. 5267819
(Registered 28 September 2012)
7. Overseas benefits and gifts
Name of donor: Sultan of Brunei
Address of donor : c/o Brunei Darussalam High commission, 19-10 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Harrods Christmas hamper valued at over £660; donated to charity
Date of receipt of donation: 20 December 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 20 December 2012
Donor status: individual
(Registered 29 January 2013)
11. Miscellaneous
In my capacity as Leader of the Labour Party I received a donation of £750 towards the cost of a private reception event held in central London on 28 November 2012 from Laurence Simanowitz. Other donations towards the cost of this event are registered under Category 4.
(Registered 11 December 2012; updated 21 December 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
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 | £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).