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Fiona Mactaggart
Labour MP for Slough
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Fiona Mactaggart voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. 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 introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Work and Pensions, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Public Appointments, Human Trafficking, Action for Employment, Public Appointments, Domestic Violence
(based on written questions asked by Fiona Mactaggart and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- National Lottery (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Reoffending (21 May 2013)
“Will there be resettlement prisons for women?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 1 — Education Act 1996 (20 May 2013)
“I might be the only Member in the House who was a primary school teacher when section 28 was in force. I am concerned that in this debate we are thinking much more about the conscience rights of teachers, rather than the rights of children. In my class there was a child who was being brought up by same-sex partners, but I could not talk about her family because of section 28. We must ensure...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 67 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 55 written questions in the last year — above 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 75.58% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 502 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: European Azerbaijan Society
Address of donor : 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality in a box within the Royal Enclosure at the Royal Windsor Horse show and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pageant, including buffet lunch, drinks, dinner, souvenir book and woollen commemorative scarf.
Estimated value; £1,000
Date of receipt of donation: 13 May 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 3 May 2012
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 17 May 2012)
8. Land and Property
Office premises in Glasgow (held on my behalf by trustees), from which rental income is received.
9. Registrable shareholdings
(b) Mactaggart Heritable Holdings Ltd.; property investment and management.
11. Miscellaneous
I have made an interest-free loan of £17,000 to Slough Labour Memorial Hall, a registered friendly society, from whom I rent my constituency office. The loan is to pay for refurbishing other parts of the premises and replacing a boiler. £9,000 has been repaid. (Registered 26 January 2012; updated 19 March 2013)
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 (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 | £1,811 (579th) | £3,392 (583rd) | £1,901 (586th) | £3,280 | £827 (609th) | £1,613 (608th) | £3,092 (616th) | £0 |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,255 (joint 107th with 10 others) | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,633 (442nd) | £11,992 (543rd) | £21,467 (214th) | £18,743 | £16,787 (421st) | £17,799 (481st) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £6,567 (602nd) |
| Staffing costs | £104,331 (62nd) | £99,820 (18th) | £86,203 (247th) | £85,328 | £77,461 (93rd) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,084 (119th) | £51,508 (134th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,726 (41st) | £10,031 (124th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,177 (573rd)1 | £2,593 (564th)2 | £1,101 (614th)3 | £362 | £260 (648th) | £1,025 (635th) | £944 (636th) | £34 (646th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £58 (joint 365th with 4 others) | £58 (joint 402nd with 1 other) | £13 (joint 432nd with 1 other) | £0 | £10 (joint 467th with 1 other) | £12 (480th) | £36 (453rd) | £0 |
| 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 | £6,998 (joint 8th with 4 others) | £1,132 (185th) | £5,010 (13th) | £2,657 | £2,540 (71st) | £1,769 (joint 90th with 1 other) | £2,332 (45th) | £2,183 (56th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,728 (joint 84th with 1 other) | £14,459 (16th) | £9,494 | £10,431 (40th) | £5,156 (111th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,194 (joint 336th with 2 others) | £1,008 (joint 410th with 5 others) | £180 | £1,869 (372nd) | £1,869 (366th) | £1,869 (358th) | £1,869 (335th) | |
| Other Costs | £5,454 (35th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £149,188 (335th) | £134,940 (475th) | £131,162 (438th) | £120,044 | £111,803 (528th) | £102,271 (582nd) | £95,591 (585th) | £62,161 (636th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,068 (483rd). Rail £467 (505th). Misc £28 (220th). Other: Rail £36 (140th). European £578 (94th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,188 (498th). Rail £554 (484th). Other: Rail £102 (114th). European £749 (76th).