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Maria Miller
Conservative MP for Basingstoke
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Maria Miller voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
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, Pre-School Education: Finance, Sure Start Programme
(based on written questions asked by Maria Miller and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (24 out of 26)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (11 out of 18)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Equality Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I start by thanking the Front Bench speakers from the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats, as well as those from other parties located in their area of the House, who are too numerous to mention, for the good natured way in which the Bill has been discussed, both on the Floor of the House and in Committee. The Bill has excited many...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“I understand my hon. Friend’s point. I am not sure whether he puts me into the older generation —I hope not. There are differences in views across the generations, and differences in views in different parts of the country and different communities. We must accept that people have different views for whatever reason. The most important thing is that we maintain respect for...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“Many pieces of legislation will have to be amended, which is why we have provisions in the Bill, particularly on ecclesiastical law, to ensure that all required amendments are made. My hon. Friend is right that this is complex. That is why I have been at pains, particularly yesterday and today, to ensure that we do not introduce new concepts into the Bill. We want to keep clarity and focus,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 81.46% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 41 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") 488 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,000 (joint 192nd with 2 others) | £22,080 (223rd) | £21,632 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,026 (311th) | £19,551 (266th) | £18,025 (471st) | £25,149 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £90,089 (445th) | £90,601 (177th) | £85,347 (283rd) | £69,693 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £12,336 (76th) | £6,446 (394th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,859 (510th)1 | £5,930 (403rd)2 | £6,018 (403rd)3 | £3,215 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £201 (joint 284th with 1 other) | £219 (316th) | £204 (joint 322nd with 1 other) | £117 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £501 (197th) | £241 (joint 282nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £2,106 (8th) | £2,016 (10th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,222 (243rd) | £916 (252nd) | £1,229 (joint 214th with 1 other) | £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 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £155,346 (259th) | £152,888 (222nd) | £137,318 (334th) | £125,861 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,026 (270th). Rail £276 (533rd). Misc £58 (191st). Other: Mileage £268 (25th). Rail £231 (73rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,142 (91st). Rail £333 (512th). Misc £45 (203rd). Other: European £410 (116th).
3 Car £3,772 (260th). Rail £917 (426th). European £1,329 (25th).