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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

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)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (2 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: Civil Service: Location (12 Nov 2009)

“The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is responsible for monitoring the Government's relocations programme. OGC provides the Chief Secretary to the Treasury with quarterly updates on the programme's progress. Departments also report on progress against their respective targets in their annual departmental reports. The Government's existing property strategy requires all new acquisitions,...”

Written Answers — Treasury: Civil Service: Location (12 Nov 2009)

“The Government's target is to relocate 24,000 civil service posts out of London and the south-east by 31 March 2010. Budget 2009 reported that at end of December 2008, 19,090 posts had been relocated to all parts of the UK. The Government have announced that there will be a presumption against south-east locations for all Government functions other than face-to-face services. This has been...”

Written Answers — Treasury: Civil Service: Location (12 Nov 2009)

“The Government are making strong progress towards its original relocations target of 20,000 posts by 31 March 2010. Budget 2009 announced that 19,090 posts have been relocated already. The following table shows each Department's contribution: Department Number of posts Education and Skills 785 Health 975 Home Office 2,894 Ministry of Justice (formerly DCA) 772 ...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, 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.
• 113 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Liam Byrne speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 270 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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).