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Siobhain McDonagh
Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Siobhain McDonagh voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Deportation: Tamils, Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict, Graffiti, Asylum Seekers, Pensioners
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (9 out of 13)
- Localism Bill Committee (14 out of 24)
- Crime and Security Bill Committee (7 out of 12)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (3 out of 9)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
- Inquiries Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
- Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Protection Agency Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (8 out of 15)
Most recent appearances
- Department of Health: St Helier Hospital (11 Jun 2013)
“What the status is of the capital programme for the refurbishment of St Helier Hospital.”
- Department of Health: St Helier Hospital (11 Jun 2013)
“At my age, I share with the Minister a problem with memory loss, but I do not forget the years when we were trying to get the £219 million redevelopment of St Helier hospital agreed, or that the proposal was supported by the Chancellor in his first Budget. The money is now being used as a slush fund by Better Services Better Value, but its idea is to increase the sizes of A and E and...”
- Business of the House (6 Jun 2013)
“May we have a debate on something that affects a large number of Members of all parties, namely the rules used by the NHS to consult on hospital closures? In my own area the “Better Services, Better Value” scheme proposes to close the A and E and maternity units at St Helier hospital after a 12-week consultation over the school summer holidays at a time when it is difficult to...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 64.46% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 173 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion survey on 7 November 2012. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid to Constituency Labour Party. (Registered 22 November 2012)
Payment of £75 from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for October-November parliamentary panel survey. Hours: under 1 hr. Fee paid directly to Constituency Labour Party. (Registered 10 December 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Senthilnathan Kandiah
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): total cost for return flight from London, one night’s accommodation and internal transport estimated at around £5,000
Destination of visit: Toronto
Date of visit: 18-20 May 2012
Purpose of visit: 24 hours at events marking the 3rd Anniversary of Ending the war in Sri Lanka. Attending on behalf of Tamils for Labour, events organised by NCCT (National Council of Canadian Tamils).
(Registered 12 June 2012)
11. Miscellaneous
Received on 20 February 2013, payment of £50,000 by way of out of court settlement from News Group Newspapers and News International of 1 Virginia St, London E98 1XY following High Court proceedings arising from the wrongful acquisition and misuse of my mobile phone and/or the use and misuse of its contents.(Registered 13 March 2013)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £7,800 (603rd) | £14,500 (407th) |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £361 (118th) | £0 |
| Office running costs | £9,845 (579th) | £9,487 (601st) | £19,833 (380th) | £20,432 | £15,123 (486th) | £18,795 (joint 217th with 5 others) | £18,233 (joint 185th with 7 others) | £14,241 (373rd) |
| Staffing costs | £100,857 (131st) | £92,408 (113th) | £87,877 (124th) | £83,288 | £81,340 (34th) | £74,981 (joint 37th with 1 other) | £71,236 (59th) | £54,561 (78th) |
| Communications Allowance | £20,995 (8th) | £19,709 (3rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,836 (588th)1 | £1,794 (592nd)2 | £2,503 (572nd)3 | £1,497 | £2,198 (614th) | £1,849 (619th) | £2,154 (614th) | £1,484 (612th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £6,997 (13th) | £1,378 (115th) | £13,900 (1st) | £7,167 | £11,191 (5th) | £9,078 (2nd) | £5,235 (5th) | £4,574 (4th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,285 (35th) | £35,207 (1st) | £22,339 | £37,442 (2nd) | £31,845 (1st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,429 (joint 49th with 1 other) | £1,194 (joint 123rd with 1 other) | £0 | £1,866 (joint 374th with 3 others) | £1,866 (joint 368th with 3 others) | £1,866 (joint 359th with 2 others) | £1,866 (joint 336th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £7,369 (25th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £150,815 (320th) | £134,302 (483rd) | £163,226 (14th) | £137,336 | £150,778 (21st) | £139,988 (31st) | £106,885 (462nd) | £91,226 (258th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,836 (389th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,794 (412th).