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Siān James
Labour MP for Swansea East
- 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 Siān James voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Home Department, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, International Development
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways, Sunbeds, Rail Services, Skin Cancer, Great Western Trains
(based on written questions asked by Siān James and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
- Equality Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Rail Transport (25 Apr 2012)
“As we know, economic growth is one of the ways we can improve infrastructure in Wales, but to do so we need a modern railway, and that means electrification as far as Swansea. What impact assessment has been made of the effect on the commuter and holiday trade of rail electrification to Swansea?”
- Written Answers — Health: Skin Cancer (24 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has allocated to public health campaigns aimed at raising awareness of skin cancer in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.”
- Bill Presented — Private Pensions (Charges, Disclosure and Accountability) Bill: Welsh Affairs (1 Mar 2012)
“When we ring for advice or information, we are told, “We haven’t got that information yet,” so the position is indeed unclear. As I have said previously, we do not know what the facts are.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- 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 58.44% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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") 47 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £17,864 (362nd) | £21,070 (341st) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £20,877 (181st) | £18,431 (joint 324th with 1 other) | £20,929 (241st) | £19,205 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £92,367 (395th) | £90,619 (176th) | £77,253 (517th) | £63,145 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £2,686 (537th) | £4,966 (464th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,151 (240th)1 | £8,582 (270th)2 | £9,664 (joint 230th with 1 other)3 | £8,405 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £393 (189th) | £302 (279th) | £82 (joint 385th with 1 other) | £1,291 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £302 (248th) | £583 (joint 196th with 1 other) | 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 | £1,677 (559th) | £818 (305th) | £1,101 (250th) | £603 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,490 (joint 473rd with 1 other) | £4,175 (184th) | £2,065 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,290 (joint 203rd with 4 others) | £1,233 (joint 77th with 7 others) | £1,233 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £145,316 (381st) | £148,151 (304th) | £136,547 (347th) | £117,581 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £9,151 (55th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £8,573 (76th). Other: Rail £9 (196th).