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Siôn Simon
Labour MP for Birmingham, Erdington
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (since 13 Oct 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 9,575 votes. — 118th 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 Siôn Simon voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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 very 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
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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: Treasury, Trade and Industry, Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Official Cars, National Lottery, Export Licences, Royal Mint, Immigration Rules
(based on written questions asked by Siôn Simon and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (24 out of n/a)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Water Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Consultants (8 Feb 2010)
“The 43 advisers are all civil servants and provide advice across a range of policies for which DCMS is responsible.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Manpower (8 Feb 2010)
“The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Royal Parks Agency currently have no employees in transition-i.e. officially declared surplus-and awaiting redeployment elsewhere in the civil service or leaving it through compulsory redundancy, and neither has this situation arisen in any of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Sick Leave (8 Feb 2010)
“In the last three years (2007-08; 2008-09; 2009-to date) the Department had 61 staff members who had five or more periods of sickness absence and the duration of absence was less than five days in two or more of the periods.”
More of Siôn Simon's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- 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 84% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 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.
- 74 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Siôn Simon speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 138 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 6 Jan 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 | £23,820 (85th) | £22,975 (joint 203rd with 1 other) | £22,075 (joint 228th with 1 other) | £21,634 | £20,400 (282nd) | £17,855 (380th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £26,144 (36th) | £26,006 (41st) | £25,371 (90th) | £18,794 | £18,007 (359th) | £18,789 (joint 246th with 3 others) | £18,183 (joint 288th with 1 other) | £10,035 (521st) |
| Staffing costs | £99,170 (joint 191st with 1 other) | £82,136 (492nd) | £79,737 (453rd) | £65,874 | £70,073 (378th) | £67,470 (361st) | £65,382 (269th) | £56,654 (45th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,254 (52nd) | £7,593 (351st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,688 (459th)3 | £9,442 (242nd)2 | £15,618 (58th)1 | £11,957 | £9,252 (361st) | £7,536 (420th) | £17,993 (79th) | £18,884 (25th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £916 (85th) | £1,939 (27th) | £0 | £2,522 | £1,564 (112th) | £1,099 (143rd) | £613 (232nd) | £1,205 (112th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £735 (26th) | £803 (29th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,939 (joint 48th with 1 other) | £2,035 (20th) | £515 (joint 525th with 1 other) | £1,076 | £466 (525th) | £484 (520th) | £776 (442nd) | £1,608 (138th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,908 (67th) | £1,170 (joint 558th with 1 other) | £3,315 | £1,047 (566th) | £1,756 (453rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,155 (joint 410th with 1 other) | £958 (joint 476th with 1 other) | £321 | £1,858 (388th) | £1,858 (381st) | £1,858 (371st) | £1,538 (447th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £175,666 (36th) | £158,992 (111th) | £145,444 (167th) | £125,493 | £122,667 (344th) | £116,847 (378th) | £124,527 (77th) | £107,933 (27th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £9,000 (67th). Other: European £442 (112th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £4,379 (214th). Other: European £309 (122nd).