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Liam Byrne
Labour MP for Birmingham, Hodge Hill
- Entered Parliament on 15 July 2004 — Byelection
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Liam Byrne voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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 very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Treasury, Health, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Universal Credit, Social Security Benefits, Departmental Public Expenditure, Employment Schemes, Employment and Support Allowance
(based on written questions asked by Liam Byrne and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“It is a privilege to wind up a week of debate and speeches on the Gracious Speech. However, let me start by saying what a disappointment it was to hear not a word of recognition, humility or apology from the Chancellor for a litany of Budgets that have put this country back in recession and given us a Queen’s Speech with nothing to dig us out. We have, however, had something very...”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“I will not give way, because there are so many points to respond to. We know that this recession was not made by British business. It is not down to the weather, the snow or the royal wedding; it is down to the failed policy of this Government. Despite the good news we had on unemployment this week—there was a glimmer of hope—Britain’s jobs crisis has now gone on for too...”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will tell us just how much the benefits bill is increasing as a result of that failure.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 148 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 56.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 420 times in debates — 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 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,963 (147th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,500 | £15,164 (485th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £25,970 (39th) | £20,273 (223rd) | £19,406 (408th) | £21,100 | £16,387 (433rd) | |||
| Staffing costs | £96,399 (292nd) | £91,461 (136th) | £88,219 (110th) | £81,081 | £51,307 (642nd) | |||
| Communications Allowance | £10,271 (208th) | £9,576 (225th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,991 (379th)1 | £6,839 (360th)2 | £6,336 (379th)3 | £5,110 | £6,139 (493rd) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £134 (319th) | £353 (joint 253rd with 1 other) | £338 (262nd) | £489 | £269 (336th) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £113 (301st) | £692 (162nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £167 (67th) | £435 (45th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,717 (73rd) | £2,519 (7th) | £10,992 (2nd) | £7,548 | £8,416 (6th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,394 (113th) | £28,170 (2nd) | £18,212 | £22,427 (8th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £2,721 (1st) | £2,545 (2nd) | £1,948 | £1,179 (634th) | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £1,678 (joint 62nd with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £168,725 (85th) | £164,024 (59th) | £178,116 (2nd) | £156,988 | £121,288 (373rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,208 (469th). Rail £4,752 (195th). Misc £31 (218th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,856 (402nd). Rail £4,566 (203rd). Misc £417 (76th).