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Eric Joyce
Labour MP for Falkirk

  • Also represented Falkirk West
  • Entered Parliament on 21 December 2000 — Byelection

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Eric Joyce voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
  • Voted 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 strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Scotland, Defence, Northern Ireland

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Channel Tunnel (Rail Freight), Burundi: Agriculture

(based on written questions asked by Eric Joyce and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Somalia (9 Feb 2012)

“The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech and is rightly praising the role of the Royal Navy. Does she agree that former members of the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines play an important role in private sector companies in protecting shipping? Many of the companies are members of the Security Association for the Maritime Industry, which plays a really important role—perhaps the...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Electronic Communications (Privacy) (9 Feb 2012)

“What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the EU directive on privacy and electronic communications; and if he will make a statement.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Electronic Communications (Privacy) (9 Feb 2012)

“This measure contains a number of sensible dimensions, as does the related data protection directive, but does the Minister agree that we should reject the idea of a freedom to be forgotten, which is what is being proposed by the European Justice Commissioner?”

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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 2 written questions in the last year — 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 65.08% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 3 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.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 147 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £75 from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for participation in July 2011 parliamentary panel survey. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 10 November 2011)
Payment of £75, received 17 August 2011, from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for opinion survey on 29 July 2011. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 10 November 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Nominet, the .uk Domain Registry
Address of donor: Minerva House, Edmund Hally Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4DQ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, hotel and incidental costs; total value £3,300
Destination of visit: Nairobi, Kenya
Date of visit: 25-30 September 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend the annual United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as part of a parliamentary delegation. This relates to my work as an MP and specifically as Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Internet & Communications Technology Forum (PICTFOR).
(Registered 25 November 2011)

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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£21,806 (208th) £22,466 (269th) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,629 £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) £18,500 (392nd) £15,292 (323rd)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£25,020 (56th) £21,392 (134th) £22,483 (170th) £25,005 £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) £14,638 (362nd)
Staffing costs£97,122 (269th) £87,907 (320th) £79,381 (463rd) £78,615 £70,183 (367th) £67,570 (355th) £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) £47,882 (248th)
Communications Allowance£835 (576th) £8,631 (303rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£33,693 (1st)1 £34,812 (2nd)2 £33,587 (2nd)3 £44,985 £33,574 (2nd) £39,116 (2nd) £41,084 (1st) £28,164 (1st)
Members' Staff Travel£1,582 (35th) £1,396 (55th) £1,559 (60th) £2,200 £5,382 (2nd) £3,208 (14th) £4,152 (5th) £3,188 (12th)
Members' Spouse Travel£998 (121st) £1,354 (100th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£2,277 (6th) £3,075 (6th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£3,215 (348th) £1,003 (224th) £902 (312th) £354 £935 (316th) £529 (joint 495th with 1 other) £851 (407th) £428 (578th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£3,753 (159th) £3,196 (267th) £1,061 £2,465 (333rd) £1,397 (505th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,545 (13th) £962 (joint 473rd with 1 other) £962 £2,289 (2nd) £1,909 (joint 276th with 1 other) £1,909 (joint 273rd with 1 other) £1,909 (joint 256th with 1 other)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,465 (61st) £0
Total£186,548 (6th) £187,334 (1st) £164,180 (11th) £174,811 £155,055 (9th) £152,861 (5th) £151,791 (1st) £111,501 (15th)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,710 (21st). Rail £4,286 (222nd). Air £20,074 (3rd). Misc £1,361 (20th). Other: Rail £78 (116th). European £1,184 (42nd).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,213 (18th). Rail £3,183 (280th). Air £21,459 (3rd). Misc £2,224 (8th). Other: Rail £78 (130th). Air £145 (38th). European £510 (103rd).

3 Car £8,026 (14th). Rail £2,872 (272nd). Air £22,689 (3rd).