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Frank Field
Labour MP for Birkenhead
- Entered Parliament on 3 May 1979 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Frank Field voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Treasury, Home Department, Health, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Tax Credits, Child Support Agency, Pensions, Incapacity Benefit, Children: Maintenance
(based on written questions asked by Frank Field and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Daylight Saving Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
- Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“I am grateful to the Chancellor for giving way, and even more grateful to him for his statement. I congratulate him on the way he dug himself out of the hole into which he placed himself. May I use this opportunity not only to draw attention to those outside the House who campaigned on the change, but to the Second Estates Commissioner, who played his role in the negotiations superbly?”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Social Rented Housing (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if he will estimate the proportion of social housing in London that is occupied by foreign nationals; (2) if he will make compulsory the inclusion of a question on nationality for all applications for social housing; (3) what steps he is taking to ensure the official records of new lets of social housing record...”
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Life Expectancy (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what projections have been made of life expectancy for (a) males at birth, (b) males at current pensionable age, (c) females at birth and (d) females at current pensionable age for each of the next five decades.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 108 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 60.77% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 943 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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.
| 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 | £8,421 (535th) | £9,573 (560th) | £11,509 (545th) | £12,006 | £11,250 (551st) | £17,246 (402nd) | £16,608 (480th) | £16,451 (122nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £6,921 (624th) | £8,242 (611th) | £13,770 (572nd) | £17,201 | £16,850 (417th) | £16,549 (542nd) | £9,814 (628th) | £6,999 (592nd) |
| Staffing costs | £98,346 (224th) | £98,711 (28th) | £93,944 (32nd) | £86,879 | £74,214 (joint 160th with 13 others) | £68,773 (212th) | £69,148 (114th) | £60,923 (16th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,263 (210th) | £6,663 (387th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,411 (226th)1 | £8,874 (259th)2 | £13,616 (99th)3 | £10,903 | £8,733 (joint 386th with 1 other) | £11,894 (254th) | £11,106 (282nd) | £9,011 (274th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,501 (43rd) | £362 (249th) | £295 (284th) | £0 | £1,053 (joint 175th with 1 other) | £512 (264th) | £0 | £228 (339th) |
| 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 | £4,816 (196th) | £567 (joint 451st with 2 others) | £653 (joint 442nd with 1 other) | £722 | £762 (374th) | £580 (471st) | £900 (380th) | £708 (joint 447th with 3 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,389 (492nd) | £1,235 (547th) | £1,720 | £2,104 (389th) | £1,464 (497th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,214 (306th) | £1,070 (301st) | £0 | £1,487 (582nd) | £1,487 (568th) | £1,457 (joint 560th with 1 other) | £1,457 (joint 486th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £139,678 (460th) | £135,595 (468th) | £136,092 (359th) | £129,431 | £116,453 (472nd) | £118,505 (342nd) | £109,033 (415th) | £95,777 (154th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £643 (531st). Rail £6,658 (117th). Air £316 (132nd). Other: Rail £1,794 (6th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,061 (515th). Rail £5,478 (165th). Other: Rail £2,335 (4th).
3 3rd party £1,236 (11th). Rail £12,203 (11th). Air £177 (212th).