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Eric Illsley
Labour MP for Barnsley Central
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Majority: 12,732 votes. — 25th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Eric Illsley voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Chairman, Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee (since 6 Mar 2009)
- Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
- Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
- Member, Procedure Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Home Department, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Safety Cameras, Vocational Training: South Yorkshire, Pensions, Power Stations, Falkland Islands: Air Routes
(based on written questions asked by Eric Illsley and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Planning Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Banking Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Chairman, UK Borders Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Company Law Reform Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Health Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Education Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Drugs Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Gambling Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Courts Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Criminal Justice Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Animal Health Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Land Registration Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recycling (Local Authorities) (4 Feb 2010) has video
“Is it not the case, however, that vast quantities of material collected for recycling cannot be recycled by industry, because the quality is not good enough? We are landfilling glass, which is completely recyclable, and exporting paper to China in order to meet our recycling targets, because there is not sufficient recycling capacity in this country. Will my hon. Friend meet representatives...”
- Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2): New Clause 85 — Tax status of MPs and members of the House of Lords (1 Feb 2010) has video
“With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government new clause 86- Tax status of members of the House of Lords: transitional provision. New clause 52- Disqualification from membership of the House of Commons and the House of Lords on grounds of residence and domicile for taxation purposes - '(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a person is disqualified from...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus (1 Feb 2010) has video
“What steps she is taking to improve telephone communications between benefit claimants and Jobcentre Plus.”
More of Eric Illsley's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 35 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 4 select committees (1 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 38 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Eric Illsley speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 297 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £17,648 (367th) | £22,869 (225th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,660 | £20,747 (252nd) | £20,313 (195th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,412 (412th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £13,771 (480th) | £14,714 (469th) | £14,768 (558th) | £11,596 | £12,393 (568th) | £11,550 (623rd) | £9,950 (624th) | £8,749 (551st) |
| Staffing costs | £106,839 (36th) | £90,662 (172nd) | £87,952 (118th) | £86,389 | £48,714 (647th) | £55,243 (629th) | £48,574 (628th) | £34,210 (599th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,341 (192nd) | £5,223 (450th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,266 (233rd)3 | £9,296 (249th)2 | £9,089 (263rd)1 | £7,383 | £12,905 (230th) | £12,509 (230th) | £13,030 (200th) | £10,242 (204th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,984 (20th) | £138 (358th) | £1,055 (116th) | £1,497 | £1,733 (99th) | £862 (181st) | £1,570 (85th) | £330 (306th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £4,651 (7th) | £4,273 (10th) | 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 | £1,503 (577th) | £227 (joint 614th with 2 others) | £432 (joint 557th with 1 other) | £431 | £374 (561st) | £302 (596th) | £245 (629th) | £539 (533rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £340 (joint 629th with 1 other) | £1,607 (479th) | £1,076 | £1,425 (joint 504th with 2 others) | £912 (577th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £956 (599th) | £778 (607th) | £0 | £1,933 (joint 243rd with 4 others) | £1,933 (joint 238th with 4 others) | £1,933 (joint 234th with 2 others) | £1,933 (joint 223rd with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,948 (26th) | £10,689 (8th) | £0 |
| Total | £166,003 (114th) | £148,698 (293rd) | £137,791 (322nd) | £129,032 | £100,224 (618th) | £107,572 (542nd) | £105,713 (478th) | £70,415 (597th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,285 (44th). Rail £3,001 (290th). Misc £10 (251st).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,645 (22nd). Rail £2,345 (325th). Misc £276 (112th).