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Phyllis Starkey
Former Labour MP for Milton Keynes South West
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 4,010 votes. — 506th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Phyllis Starkey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Amendment of the Law (29 Mar 2010) has video
“I am having some difficulty in following the logic of the hon. Lady's argument. Does she accept that although house building has fallen in the recession, if it were not for Government funding there would be no investment in housing at all? That is not related in the slightest to the planning system, which has not altered as we have gone into recession. Does she accept that during that period,...”
- Amendment of the Law (29 Mar 2010) has video
“My right hon. Friend will be aware that when the Select Committee on Communities and Local Government had a one-off sitting on housing and the credit crunch, all the witnesses from the house building and housing association sectors clearly welcomed what the Government were doing and said that it was not enough. Can he think of anyone from the house building sector who thinks that the...”
- Written Answers — Justice: Arrest Warrants: War Crimes (25 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1012W, on arrest warrants: war crimes, on what date the paper 'Arrest Warrants - Universal Jurisdiction' was placed on his Department's website; (2) if he will list all the interested individuals and organisations to which a copy of the paper was sent.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 122 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 87.27% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 28 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 53 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 253 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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 | £16,670 (395th) | £17,969 (438th) | £16,950 (463rd) | £13,361 | £14,054 (502nd) | £13,438 (507th) | £19,710 (joint 262nd with 1 other) | £15,710 (joint 261st with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,571 (552nd) | £21,343 (138th) | £15,490 (548th) | £14,362 | £19,131 (205th) | £18,734 (320th) | £18,064 (351st) | £16,978 (268th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,572 (142nd) | £90,500 (joint 192nd with 1 other) | £92,226 (40th) | £89,699 | £70,513 (310th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £63,711 (362nd) | £47,116 (275th) |
| Communications Allowance | £15,582 (23rd) | £9,995 (joint 143rd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,741 (396th)1 | £6,188 (joint 388th with 1 other)2 | £5,698 (416th)3 | £5,500 | £5,692 (511th) | £5,824 (490th) | £4,792 (538th) | £4,108 (511th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £36 (joint 394th with 1 other) | £89 (383rd) | £277 (289th) | £197 | £392 (300th) | £157 (joint 384th with 1 other) | £0 | £30 (452nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £231 (271st) | £371 (242nd) | 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 | £6,758 (70th) | £1,871 (39th) | £2,457 (64th) | £1,542 | £1,339 (joint 201st with 1 other) | £1,255 (167th) | £1,194 (255th) | £1,273 (235th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,164 (124th) | £5,559 (120th) | £2,679 | £3,099 (259th) | £2,564 (321st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,419 (55th) | £1,304 (40th) | £793 | £1,980 (104th) | £1,967 (joint 139th with 1 other) | £1,841 (joint 389th with 1 other) | £1,349 (515th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £858 (79th) | £1,580 (51st) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £831 (44th) |
| Total | £157,162 (236th) | £154,767 (188th) | £141,541 (250th) | £128,133 | £116,200 (475th) | £111,962 (486th) | £109,312 (410th) | £87,395 (355th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,197 (474th). Rail £3,366 (268th). Misc £1,109 (31st). Other: Rail £69 (120th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,410 (476th). Rail £3,018 (289th). Misc £1,174 (24th). Other: European £586 (94th).