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Maria Miller
Conservative MP for Basingstoke
- Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills (since 4 Jun 2009)
Shadow Minister, Children, Schools and Families (since 6 Jul 2007) - Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 4,680 votes. — 471st out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Maria Miller voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Children, Schools and Families, Health, Transport, Work and Pensions, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Children: Day Care, Pre-School Education, Child Support Agency, M3, Pre-School Education: Finance
(based on written questions asked by Maria Miller and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Equality Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Water: National Security (29 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on the publication of the Basingstoke Water Cycle report of the interpretation of the national security circular in relation to water assets.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Child Abuse (23 Jun 2009) has video
“One of the key recommendations agreed to by the Government in Lord Laming's recent report was the reintroduction of a universal system of health visiting, seeing all children and developing strong relationships with families. How many new health visitors will the Minister be putting in place to make up the shortfall, which is currently estimated to be about 2,000 throughout the country?”
More of Maria Miller's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 238 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 142 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,000 (joint 192nd) | £22,080 (223rd) | £21,632 | ||||
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £19,551 (266th) | £18,025 (471st) | £25,149 | ||||
| Staffing Allowance | £90,601 (177th) | £85,347 (283rd) | £69,693 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £6,446 (394th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,930 (403rd)* | £6,018 (403rd)** | £3,215 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £219 (316th) | £204 (joint 322nd) | £117 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £241 (joint 282nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £2,016 (10th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £916 (252nd) | £1,229 (joint 214th) | £1,216 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,740 (265th) | £3,227 (258th) | £3,651 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,228 (283rd) | £1,188 (128th) | £1,188 | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £152,888 (222nd) | £137,318 (334th) | £125,861 |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,142 (91st). Rail £333 (512th). Misc £45 (203rd). Other: European £410 (116th).
** Car £3,772 (260th). Rail £917 (426th). European £1,329 (25th).