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Rachel Reeves
Labour MP for Leeds West

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Rachel Reeves voted on key issues:

    • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
    • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Work and Pensions, Treasury, Cabinet Office, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Government Procurement Card, Pay, Recruitment, Plants, State Retirement Pensions

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Education: Plants (23 Apr 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.”

    Written Answers — Education: Recruitment (23 Apr 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.”

    Written Answers — Treasury: Departmental Expenditure Limits (22 Apr 2013)

    “To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what amount is (a) in today's prices and (b) as a percentage Departmental Resource DEL budgets (excluding depreciation) have been adjusted for (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15 as a result of the policy announced in the Autumn Statement 2011 that public sector pay awards would average one per cent for each of the two years following the end...”

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    • Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 189 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
    • Has voted in 63.04% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below 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") 139 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payment of £4,893.35 from Lloyds Banking Group, The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ, as deferred remuneration for previous employment prior to 2010. Donated to charity. Hours: no additional hours worked. (Registered 10 July 2012)
    4. Sponsorships
    (b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
    (b) Name of donor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    (b) Address of donor: Plumtree Court, London EC4A 4HT
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind:  the services of a research
    (b) assistant/analyst to support me in my capacity as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, for 3 days a week from 22 May 2012 to 22 July 2012; value £35,000
    (b) Date of receipt: 22 May 2012
    (b) Date of acceptance: 22 May 2012
    (b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
    (b) (Registered 8 June 2012)
    (b) Name of donor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    (b) Address of donor: Plumtree Court, London EC4A 4HT
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind:  the services of a research
    (b) assistant/analyst to support me in my capacity as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, for 2.5 days a week from 8 October 2012 until 31 January 2013; value £25,162.50. The secondee is also working for another Member.
    (b) Date of receipt: 8 October 2012
    (b) Date of acceptance: 8 October 2012
    (b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
    (b) (Registered 5 November 2012; updated 14 January 2013)
    (b) Name of donor: Leeds West CLP
    (b) Address of donor: c/o Labour Party, Kings Manor, Newcastle, NE1 6PA
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the money was raised at a fundraising event for the benefit of Leeds West Constituency Labour Party and Wolverhampton North East Constituency Labour Party in support of myself and another Labour Party MP. The total raised was approximately £14,000 (which includes no registrable donations) and Leeds West CLP received approximately £7,000
    (b) Donor status: unincorporated association
    (b) (Registered 6 March 2013)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband (German Savings Banks Association)
    Address of donor: Charlottenstr. 47, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and hotel accommodation for me and a member of my staff; total value £730
    Destination of visit: Germany
    Date of visit: 29-30 November 2012
    Purpose of visit: policy fact-finding visit
    (Registered 19 December 2012)

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