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Margaret Beckett
Labour MP for Derby South
- Also represented Lincoln
- Entered Parliament on 10 October 1974 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Margaret Beckett voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Cabinet Office, Treasury, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Thameslink Railway Line: Rolling Stock, Rolling Stock: Procurement, Private Sector: East Midlands, Local Enterprise Partnerships: Midlands, Bombardier Transportation: Redundancy
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (12 Jan 2012)
“Is the Secretary of State aware that, although there is a welcome on both sides of the House and in the city of Derby for her decision on the Southern contract, and indeed hope for her decision on eVoyager, the real touchstone of the Government’s approach to rail procurement will be the handling of Crossrail and, in particular, whether its financing is handled as was the Thameslink...”
- Written Answers — Transport: Crossrail Line: Contracts (12 Jan 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what account her Department took of the Government's review of procurement in preparing the tender for the Crossrail scheme.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (10 Nov 2011)
“May I welcome the Secretary of State to her new responsibilities and assure her that her welcome will be much warmer, particularly across Derbyshire, if she makes an early decision on the eVoyager project—converting 57 vehicles from the CrossCountry fleet to dual power—and awards the contract to Bombardier?”
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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 17 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 71.91% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 44 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 2341 times in debates — well 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 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £7,852 (543rd) | £16,974 (463rd) | £15,430 (499th) | £21,415 | £19,088 (355th) | £13,868 (494th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,586 (112th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £6,584 (628th) | £8,066 (614th) | £1,355 (645th) | £4,492 | £5,680 (643rd) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £15,826 (522nd) | £3,474 (joint 644th with 1 other) |
| Staffing costs | £112,213 (4th) | £107,458 (1st) | £102,680 (3rd) | £99,589 | £91,136 (2nd) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £50,583 (158th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £525 (589th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £282 (634th)1 | £150 (633rd)2 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Staff Travel | £54 (joint 373rd with 1 other) | £50 (joint 409th with 1 other) | £105 (joint 377th with 1 other) | £91 | £404 (296th) | £182 (373rd) | £176 (390th) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £282 (254th) | £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 | £4,788 (198th) | £915 (joint 253rd with 1 other) | £1,126 (247th) | £1,332 | £835 (joint 344th with 1 other) | £1,574 (117th) | £1,099 (joint 293rd with 1 other) | £1,240 (248th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,382 (316th) | £2,846 (303rd) | £5,166 | £3,450 (joint 222nd with 1 other) | £3,787 (181st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £686 (632nd) | £629 (628th) | £911 | £1,852 (394th) | £1,852 (387th) | £1,852 (378th) | £940 (570th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £132,056 (530th) | £137,206 (448th) | £124,171 (518th) | £132,996 | £122,445 (350th) | £115,047 (416th) | £110,985 (373rd) | £72,823 (568th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £282 (532nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £150 (548th).