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Fiona Mactaggart
Labour MP for Slough
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 7,851 votes. — 260th 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 Fiona Mactaggart voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (since 8 Dec 2009)
- Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Communities and Local Government, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Public Appointments, Slough, Population Estimates, Prostitution, Domestic Violence
(based on written questions asked by Fiona Mactaggart and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- National Lottery (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Slough (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to the Slough constituency, the effects on Slough of his Department's policies and actions since 2000.”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Sleeping Rough: Ex-servicemen (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of ex-service personnel in the number of street homeless people in England.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Slough (2 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to the Slough constituency, the effects on Slough of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 2000.”
More of Fiona Mactaggart's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 49 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 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 80% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 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.
- 66 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Fiona Mactaggart speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 369 times in debates — above 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 | £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)3 | £2,593 (564th)2 | £1,101 (614th)1 | £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 (334th) | £134,940 (475th) | £131,162 (438th) | £120,044 | £111,803 (528th) | £102,271 (582nd) | £95,591 (585th) | £62,161 (636th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,188 (498th). Rail £554 (484th). Other: Rail £102 (114th). European £749 (76th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,068 (483rd). Rail £467 (505th). Misc £28 (220th). Other: Rail £36 (140th). European £578 (94th).