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Liam Byrne

Labour MP for Birmingham, Hodge Hill

• Chief Secretary, HM Treasury (since 10 Jun 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 15 July 2004 — Byelection
• Majority: 5,449 votes. — 297th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Liam Byrne voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Education and Skills, Deputy Prime Minister, Health, Trade and Industry

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Drugs, Departmental Budget, Fixed Penalty Notices, Graffiti, Housing Renewal (Birmingham)

(based on written questions asked by Liam Byrne and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Mental Capacity Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Treasury: Departmental Buildings (30 Jun 2009)

“holding answer 29 June 2009 All central Government Departments were required to publish an Asset Management Strategy (AMS) around the time of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review. Departmental capital expenditure limits are agreed at spending reviews and set net of the capital income that Departments are able to retain in capital budgets, as set out in AMSs. To incentivise efficiency in...”

Written Answers — Treasury: Departmental Research (30 Jun 2009)

“Analysis of the performance of the fiscal framework is provided in "The Government's fiscal framework", HM Treasury, November 2008.”

Written Answers — Treasury: Loans: Government (30 Jun 2009)

“The Government's debt management objective is to minimise, over the long term, the cost of meeting the Government's financing needs, taking into account risk, while ensuring that debt management policy is consistent with the aims of monetary policy. The Government sets the UK Debt Management Office (DMO) an annual remit to meet its financing requirements consistent with this policy. Further...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 28 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
• 119 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Liam Byrne speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 247 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,856 (402nd). Rail £4,566 (203rd). Misc £417 (76th).

^** Car £1,845 (438th). Rail £4,491 (203rd).