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Michael Wills
Labour MP for North Swindon
- Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (since 28 Jun 2007)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 2,571 votes. — 537th 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 Michael Wills voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and 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 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 very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education and Skills, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Freedom of Information, Citizens Juries, Common Agricultural Policy, Antisocial Behaviour, Public Order
(based on written questions asked by Michael Wills and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Extradition Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Land Registration Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Justice: Blaydon (8 Feb 2010)
“The Ministry of Justice's work spans criminal, civil and family justice, democracy, rights and the constitution. Every year around nine million people use our services in 900 locations across the United Kingdom, including 650 courts and tribunals and 139 prisons in England and Wales. The range of the Department's policies and actions is wide and the statistical information relating to it is...”
- Written Answers — Justice: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (8 Feb 2010)
“Clause 36 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill triggers the Sewel convention and we have been working with the Scottish Ministers to seek the consent of the Scottish Parliament in line with the Sewel convention. The Scottish Parliament gave its consent by way of a Legislative Consent Motion on 28 January.”
- Bill Presented: Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) (No.2) Bill (5 Feb 2010)
“I shall not detain the House long, but I want to say a few words about the Government's position. I hope that my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) is pleased that we have made so much progress on the Bill-I know that he has been here before. The Government want to resolve the issue, and again I pay tribute to him, to my hon. Friends the Members for Blaydon (Mr. Anderson), for...”
More of Michael Wills's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 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.
- 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 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 16 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.
- 78 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Michael Wills speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 350 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| 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 | £18,582 (341st) | £20,766 (362nd) | £16,051 (491st) | £10,661 | £16,948 (432nd) | £14,407 (485th) | £13,889 (544th) | £8,750 (583rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £246 (joint 119th with 4 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £11,951 (535th) | £10,216 (589th) | £10,048 (620th) | £14,048 | £11,847 (583rd) | £17,957 (467th) | £15,958 (519th) | £14,344 (369th) |
| Staffing costs | £94,398 (joint 348th with 1 other) | £100,554 (13th) | £97,667 (9th) | £89,902 | £77,813 (66th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,355 (272nd) | £48,889 (219th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,748 (325th) | £9,406 (241st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,578 (596th)3 | £1,414 (603rd)2 | £2,879 (560th)1 | £3,065 | £3,016 (593rd) | £907 (640th) | £2,544 (602nd) | £1,531 (610th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £310 (234th) | £0 | £0 | £76 | £0 | £448 (joint 279th with 1 other) | £175 (391st) | £172 (366th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £39 (348th) | 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 | £6,972 (37th) | £1,732 (60th) | £2,266 (78th) | £2,795 | £1,716 (141st) | £1,973 (joint 70th with 1 other) | £2,005 (87th) | £1,600 (139th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,254 (40th) | £7,427 (69th) | £6,919 | £4,927 (142nd) | £5,641 (89th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,328 (joint 152nd with 1 other) | £1,739 (8th) | £776 | £1,355 (joint 616th with 1 other) | £1,340 (610th) | £472 (645th) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £2,429 (50th) | £1,909 (45th) | £0 | £0 | £1,304 (63rd) | £294 (81st) | £0 |
| Total | £142,539 (416th) | £153,138 (213th) | £139,986 (285th) | £128,242 | £117,622 (447th) | £112,000 (485th) | £100,938 (531st) | £76,513 (532nd) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £580 (553rd). Rail £834 (454th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £67 (570th). Rail £1,511 (404th).