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Maria Eagle

Labour MP for Liverpool, Garston

  • Minister of State (also in the Government Equalities Office), Government Equalities Office (since 10 Jun 2009)
    Minister of State (also in the Government Equalities Office), Ministry of Justice (since 10 Jun 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
  • Majority: 7,193 votes. — 275th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Maria Eagle voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

Committees and topics of interest

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Justice: Alcoholic Drinks: Rehabilitation (8 Feb 2010)

“Offenders aged 18 or over convicted of offences committed on or after 4 April 2005 and who have expressed their willingness to comply can be sentenced to an alcohol treatment requirement (ATR) as part of a community order or suspended sentence order. Courts can make it a requirement of a community rehabilitation order or community punishment and rehabilitation order for offenders convicted...”

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners Release (8 Feb 2010)

“The following tables show the breakdown of releases in error by prison and court areas in England and Wales. These figures cover the period between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009. The majority of prisoners released in error are returned to custody quickly. They are usually unaware of the error and make no attempt to evade the police. Table 1: Releases in error from prisons in...”

Written Answers — Justice: Prisons: Mobile Phones (8 Feb 2010)

“National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is currently trialling mobile phone signal blocking technology. Given commercial sensitivity and the fact that pilot projects are testing various technologies, I am unable to provide details of the potential cost of installing a mobile phone blocker in all prisons. As agreed in the Government response to the Blakey report, NOMS will seek to deploy...”

More of Maria Eagle's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 16 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 high 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 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
  • 99 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Maria Eagle speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 444 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£14,368 (443rd) £17,124 (459th) £18,991 (422nd) £11,264 £8,926 (580th) £15,038 (471st) £16,157 (491st) £15,789 (joint 218th with 4 others)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others)
Office running costs£13,982 (471st) £12,047 (539th) £14,937 (556th) £17,100 £15,554 (470th) £18,090 (454th) £18,130 (324th) £17,129 (261st)
Staffing costs£108,219 (28th) £99,797 (20th) £94,071 (29th) £84,410 £69,704 (392nd) £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) £61,829 (452nd) £40,069 (513th)
Communications Allowance£8,957 (313th) £9,905 (169th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£10,352 (188th)3 £8,207 (288th)2 £7,326 (331st)1 £7,839 £12,122 (266th) £8,714 (375th) £10,124 (320th) £7,278 (356th)
Members' Staff Travel£259 (259th) £2,330 (16th) £1,056 (joint 114th with 1 other) £1,062 £1,768 (97th) £518 (262nd) £1,531 (91st) £1,988 (37th)
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£2,297 (joint 475th with 1 other) £982 (joint 230th with 1 other) £722 (408th) £225 £1,733 (138th) £649 (432nd) £549 (549th) £1,447 (joint 184th with 1 other)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,870 (397th) £688 (607th) £1,155 £5,051 (138th) £1,182 (531st) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,480 (27th) £1,276 (joint 51st with 2 others) £0 £1,984 (joint 97th with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 91st with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 90th with 4 others) £1,984 (joint 88th with 4 others)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£158,434 (215th) £153,742 (206th) £139,067 (301st) £123,055 £118,460 (433rd) £112,022 (483rd) £111,831 (360th) £86,814 (366th)

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,908 (225th). Rail £3,679 (253rd). Air £620 (113th).

3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,340 (332nd). Rail £7,954 (80th). Misc £58 (191st).

1 Car £1,448 (492nd). Rail £1,861 (345th). Air £4,017 (79th).