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Frank Field
Labour MP for Birkenhead
- Entered Parliament on 3 May 1979 — General election
- Majority: 12,934 votes. — 16th 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 Frank Field voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on 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
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Treasury, Health, Home Department, 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)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Child Benefit: Grandparents (2 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many cases child benefit payments are being made to grandparents of the child to which the benefit relates.”
- Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Animal Welfare: Prosecutions (29 Oct 2009)
“To ask the Solicitor-General how many prosecutions for offences of cruelty to animals were brought by (a) the Crown Prosecution Service and (b) the Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the last five years.”
More of Frank Field's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 177 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 16 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 77 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Frank Field speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 859 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.
31 July 2009, received monthly pay of £1,030. (Registered 4 August 2009)
31 August 2009, received monthly pay of £1,030. (Registered 24 August 2009)
30 September 2009, received monthly pay of £1,030.(Registered 22 September 2009)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Regular column for PensionsWeek, a publication owned by Pearson. (Up to £5,000)
Received payment of £400 from the Financial Times Ltd, Number One, Southwark Bridge, London, SE1 9HL, for writing an article published in Pensions Week. (Registered 14 September 2009)
Regular column for Liverpool Echo, a publication owned by Trinity Mirror. Address: The Liverpool Echo, Accounts Payable, Trinity Mirror Shared Services Limited, PO Box 3166, Heritage Court, Lower Bridge Street, Chester CH1 1RD. (Up to £5,000) Payment made to charity.
7 July 2009, £390 payment for writing articles. (Registered 22 October 2009)
21 July 2009, £30 payment for writing articles. (Registered 22 October 2009)
4 August 2009, £60 payment for writing articles. (Registered 22 October 2009)
18 August 2009, £30 payment for writing articles. (Registered 22 October 2009)
29 September 2009, £120 payment for writing articles. (Registered 22 October 2009)
27 October 2009, £120 for writing articles. (Registered 27 October 2009)
Commission from Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd to author Attlee's Great Contemporaries. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 30 June 2009)
Occasional articles for:
Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT. (Up to £5,000)
Received payment of £345. (Registered 22 September 2009)
Times and Sunday Times. (Up to £5,000)
Mail and Mail on Sunday. (Up to £5,000)
Guardian and Observer. (Up to £5,000)
The Spectator. (Up to £5,000)
The Independent. (Up to £5,000)
Occasional appearances on BBC Radio 4. (Up to £5,000)
Received payment of £500 from News International Supply Company Ltd, PO Box 151, Peterborough, PE7 8YT, for writing an article. (Registered 14 September 2009)
Received £250 gross from The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (36 Causton Street, London SW1P 4ST). This was a first payment for authoring a book. (Registered 16 October 2009)
8. Land and Property
House in Chiswick, from which rental income is received.
Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £9,573 (560th) | £11,509 (545th) | £12,006 | £11,250 (551st) | £17,246 (402nd) | £16,608 (480th) | £16,451 (122nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £8,242 (611th) | £13,770 (572nd) | £17,201 | £16,850 (417th) | £16,549 (542nd) | £9,814 (628th) | £6,999 (592nd) |
| Staffing Allowance | £98,711 (28th) | £93,944 (32nd) | £86,879 | £74,214 (joint 160th) | £68,773 (212th) | £69,148 (114th) | £60,923 (16th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,663 (387th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,874 (259th)* | £13,616 (99th)** | £10,903 | £8,733 (joint 386th) | £11,894 (254th) | £11,106 (282nd) | £9,011 (274th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £362 (249th) | £295 (284th) | £0 | £1,053 (joint 175th) | £512 (264th) | £0 | £228 (339th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £567 (joint 451st) | £653 (joint 442nd) | £722 | £762 (374th) | £580 (471st) | £900 (380th) | £708 (joint 447th) |
| 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) | £1,457 (joint 486th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £135,595 (468th) | £136,092 (359th) | £129,431 | £116,453 (472nd) | £118,505 (342nd) | £109,033 (415th) | £95,777 (154th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,061 (515th). Rail £5,478 (165th). Other: Rail £2,335 (4th).
** 3rd party £1,236 (11th). Rail £12,203 (11th). Air £177 (212th).