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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
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Frank Field voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. 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 greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. 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
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Merseyside (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many families in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) Wirral and (c) Liverpool City region will be affected by the benefit cap.”
- Written Answers — Justice: Animal Welfare: Crime (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will introduce tougher sentences in cases of extreme cruelty to animals; and if he will make a statement.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 139 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 60.61% 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") 983 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
Medicash Health Benefits Ltd (non –executive). Address: Merchants Court, 2-12 Lord Street, Liverpool, L2 1TS. In my capacity as non-executive director I attend meetings and offer advice. I was appointed non-executive Chairman of the Board on 20 June 2011.
28 February 2011, received monthly payment of £1,030. (Payment made directly to charity.) (Registered 24 May 2011)
31 March 2011, received monthly payment of £1,030. (Payment made directly to charity.) (Registered 24 May 2011)
30 April 2011, received monthly payment of £1,030. (Payment made directly to charity.) (Registered 24 May 2011)
31 May 2011, received monthly payment of £1,030. (Payment made directly to charity.) (Registered 24 May 2011)
On 18 April 2012 I gave the Harold Wilson Lecture at Huddersfield University, following which the Bishop of Wakefield paid £200 direct to charity. Address: Bishop’s Lodge, Woodthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF2 6JL. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 1 May 2012)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Regular column for PensionsWeek, a publication owned by Pearson. Address of payer: Financial Times Ltd, Number One, Southwark Bridge, London, SE1 9HL. (Up to £5,000)
Regular column for Liverpool Echo, a publication owned by Trinity Mirror. Address: The Liverpool Echo, Trinity Mirror Shared Services Limited, PO Box 3166, Chronicle House, Commonhall Street, Chester CH1 2AA. (Up to £5,000) Payment made directly to charity.
Royalties from commission with Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd, The Tower Building 11 York Road, London, SE1 7NX to author Attlee’s Great Contemporaries. (Up to £5,000)
Payment from Telegraph Media Group Limited, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT:
9 January 2013, payment of £200 for writing an article. (Registered 11 January 2013)
Occasional articles for:
Times and Sunday Times, News International Supply Company Ltd, PO Box 151, Peterborough, PE7 8YT. (Up to £5,000)
Mail and Mail on Sunday. (Up to £5,000)
Guardian and Observer. (Up to £5,000)
The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9HP. (Up to £5,000)
The Independent. (Up to £5,000)
Independent and Independent on Sunday, Independent News & Media Ltd, Contributions Accounts, Unit A, West Cork Technology Park, Clonakilty, Co Cork, Ireland.
17 October 2012, payment of £500 from The Sun newspaper, 3 Thomas More Square, London E98 1XY, for writing an article. (Registered 17 October 2012)
14 October 2012, payment of £140 from The Tablet, 1 Kings Street Cloisters, Clifton Walk, London W6 0FY, for writing an article. (Registered 19 October 2012)
Occasional appearances on BBC Radio 4. (Up to £5,000)
1 May 2013, payment of £400 from The Times newspaper, 3 Thomas More Square, London E98 1XY, for an article. (Registered 1 May 2013)
11. Miscellaneous
Co-Chair of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration. Migrationwatch UK provides secretarial, research and administrative support, pays for printing costs and maintains the group’s website. Quiller Consultants, which is a consultancy, is paid by its client, Migrationwatch UK, to act as consultants to the group. (Registered 24 May 2011)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.
| 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).