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Natascha Engel
Labour MP for North East Derbyshire
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Natascha Engel voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Health, Treasury, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Dental Services: Standards, Children: Maintenance, Public Bills, Work Capability Assessment, Single Room Rent Restrictions
(based on written questions asked by Natascha Engel and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Mobile Homes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Finance Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Health Bill Committee (7 out of 12)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (13 Jun 2013)
“Now that the Backbench Business Committee has reconvened, will the Leader of the House work with us to redesign the e-petitions system, so that it becomes much clearer who is being petitioned and what an e-petition can realistically achieve?”
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
“It is a great pleasure for me to take part in this final day of the Queen’s Speech debate, and to talk about the Government’s plan for economic growth. I have serious concerns about their proposals for the big infrastructure project HS2, which will mean that high-speed trains will go through the northern part of my constituency, just south of Sheffield—through Staveley,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 66.08% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below 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 16–17 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 — 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 | £17,264 (377th) | £20,267 (380th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,064 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,044 (310th) | £16,923 (402nd) | £21,977 (184th) | £28,273 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £96,966 (274th) | £90,183 (223rd) | £83,257 (362nd) | £75,655 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £5,785 (456th) | £11,523 (59th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,965 (381st)1 | £5,926 (404th)2 | £6,974 (joint 342nd with 1 other)3 | £5,726 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £379 (194th) | £544 (joint 192nd with 1 other) | £703 (174th) | £514 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £823 (144th) | £372 (241st) | 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 | £1,452 (579th) | £793 (317th) | £1,939 (105th) | £1,936 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,124 (355th) | £6,209 (99th) | £6,443 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £966 (joint 594th with 1 other) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £146,678 (365th) | £149,621 (272nd) | £144,099 (195th) | £140,541 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,069 (178th). Rail £1,896 (364th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,825 (131st). Rail £1,092 (427th). Other: Rail £9 (196th).
3 Car £6,204 (65th). 3rd party £129 (30th). Rail £641 (455th).
