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Richard Caborn
Labour MP for Sheffield Central
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 7,055 votes. — 211th 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 Richard Caborn 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 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 strongly 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
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, International Development
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Injuries: Sports, Group of Eight: AIDS, Africa: AIDS, Betting Shops: Horseracing, Trade: Intellectual Property
(based on written questions asked by Richard Caborn and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (4 Feb 2010) has video
“May I continue with the clean-up agenda that seems to be prevalent this morning? Will my right hon. and learned Friend make time for a debate on the damning report on the Ashcroft affair by the Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, which said that statements by senior politicians about Lord Ashcroft's undertaking were "evasive and obfuscatory". The impact of certain actions by that...”
- 2012 Olympic Legacy (26 Jan 2010)
“Thank you, Mr. Caton, for allowing this debate on the UK school games and the 2012 Olympic legacy. A quiet revolution has been going on in this country in school sports, particularly over the past decade. In 2000, around 25 per cent. of our young people experienced two hours of quality physical activity or sport a week, and by 2009 that had increased to over 90 per cent., which means just...”
- 2012 Olympic Legacy (26 Jan 2010)
“Very much so. However, it is not only The Daily Telegraph; it is also Gareth Davies, who is an institution in his own right. I compliment him on what he writes about the UK school games; as my hon. Friend says, he keeps school sports and grass-roots sport in the national newspapers, and all credit to him. If one or two journalists followed Gareth Davies, I am pretty sure that readers would be...”
More of Richard Caborn's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 60% of votes in 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 101 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Richard Caborn speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 620 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register
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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 (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 | £19,621 (306th) | £21,755 (300th) | £21,817 (joint 280th with 1 other) | £21,304 | £20,017 (306th) | £19,288 (303rd) | £19,720 (joint 241st with 7 others) | £15,740 (joint 232nd with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £15,854 (399th) | £19,794 (253rd) | £20,632 (269th) | £19,999 | £18,254 (339th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £15,717 (528th) | £5,940 (610th) |
| Staffing costs | £97,403 (258th) | £90,784 (162nd) | £79,725 (455th) | £84,078 | £71,406 (275th) | £68,020 (joint 307th with 1 other) | £65,257 (289th) | £46,573 (292nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,834 (414th) | £4,673 (474th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £18,628 (29th)3 | £14,753 (82nd)2 | £12,068 (132nd)1 | £11,979 | £16,021 (112th) | £14,766 (155th) | £13,283 (193rd) | £12,578 (123rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £255 (260th) | £860 (127th) | £409 (249th) | £365 | £704 (235th) | £0 | £455 (271st) | £405 (274th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £500 (198th) | £453 (224th) | 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 | £2,254 (483rd) | £633 (406th) | £573 (joint 490th with 1 other) | £545 | £700 (joint 404th with 1 other) | £566 (475th) | £677 (480th) | £940 (358th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,184 (348th) | £985 (585th) | £2,443 | £1,445 (501st) | £1,837 (441st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,170 (joint 377th with 2 others) | £973 (joint 454th with 10 others) | £0 | £1,094 (639th) | £1,094 (636th) | £1,094 (613th) | £1,094 (joint 542nd with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £832 (joint 64th with 2 others) | £158 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,250 (25th) |
| Total | £161,349 (175th) | £157,059 (143rd) | £138,014 (318th) | £140,871 | £131,259 (167th) | £125,944 (185th) | £117,730 (216th) | £86,747 (369th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,999 (114th). Rail £9,368 (60th). Other: European £386 (117th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,895 (100th). Rail £13,733 (9th).