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Jennifer Willott
Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jennifer Willott voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Justice, Health, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental ICT, Departmental Databases, Departmental Pensions, Departmental Internet, Departmental Sick Leave
(based on written questions asked by Jennifer Willott and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (26 out of 26)
- Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 10 — Responsibility for children and young persons (1 Feb 2012)
“I want to speak quickly on under-occupancy and the Child Support Agency. The main concern on the Liberal Democrat Benches about under-occupancy and the housing benefit proposals—as hon. Members have heard from a couple of my colleagues and from Members on both sides of the House—is about the impact on rural areas and, in particular, the Scottish islands. There is also a concern...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 10 — Responsibility for children and young persons (1 Feb 2012)
“I am not going to give way. Another concern is that it will take a while to move people and for accommodation to become available. Registered social landlords are concerned to know how long the process will take, so that they can enable a managed process. While that happens, there will be an impact on their income as arrears are likely to build up before alternative accommodation becomes...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 10 — Responsibility for children and young persons (1 Feb 2012)
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Will the Minister look at what an appropriate time frame would be and how long it is likely to take housing associations to move people around properties? Will she ensure that discretionary housing payments are available throughout that period so that people do not receive a large cut in their benefit while they are waiting for alternative accommodation to...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70.99% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 121 times in debates — 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,187 (141st) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,072 (joint 230th with 1 other) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,289 (255th) | £19,903 (246th) | £26,963 (63rd) | £27,934 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £94,667 (343rd) | £88,328 (298th) | £78,161 (497th) | £57,606 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £5,382 (465th) | £9,267 (257th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,207 (371st)1 | £4,930 (469th)2 | £4,130 (510th)3 | £5,432 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £411 (joint 183rd with 1 other) | £888 (122nd) | £600 (198th) | £114 | ||||
| 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 | £446 (634th) | £521 (477th) | £1,563 (149th) | £1,092 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,405 (489th) | £7,358 (71st) | £4,319 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,269 (joint 227th with 1 other) | £1,233 (joint 77th with 7 others) | £1,233 | |||||
| Other Costs | £3,978 (49th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £153,567 (285th) | £149,594 (273rd) | £142,080 (239th) | £119,364 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,129 (361st). Rail £3,543 (258th). Misc £535 (71st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,992 (389th). Rail £2,532 (321st). Misc £406 (79th).
3 Car £2,923 (328th). Rail £1,093 (411th). Air £102 (235th). Other £12 (69th).