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Stephen Byers
Labour MP for North Tyneside
- Also represented Wallsend
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Majority: 15,037 votes. — 38th 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 Stephen Byers 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 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
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Deputy Prime Minister, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Council Tax, Remploy, Employment, Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands, Immigration
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Byers and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (2 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will amend the tax credit system to reflect the respective financial contribution by parents who have separated towards the cost of raising their children.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration (20 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1163W, on immigration, whether the UK Border Agency has obtained the further information needed in order to be able to decide the immigration case of Mrs Mohinder Kaur.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tyne Metropolitan College (14 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will provide additional funding to Tyne Metropolitan College for the purposes of (a) avoiding redundancies and (b) maintaining numbers of available courses.”
More of Stephen Byers's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 66% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 802 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £18,091 (434th) | £21,481 (314th) | £14,208 | £17,638 (410th) | £18,483 (349th) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £17,025 (82nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £242 (124th) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £20,380 (220th) | £21,005 (235th) | £20,607 | £17,235 (403rd) | £17,383 (514th) | £16,231 (512th) | £15,036 (346th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £62,166 (629th) | £76,564 (532nd) | £72,711 | £65,911 (527th) | £69,022 (208th) | £50,459 (620th) | £27,800 (637th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,086 (326th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,390 (135th)* | £10,334 (204th)** | £10,502 | £15,384 (130th) | £15,493 (129th) | £14,045 (174th) | £10,679 (185th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £636 (joint 162nd) | £866 (146th) | £233 | £1,007 (185th) | £2,048 (51st) | £1,321 (joint 116th) | £394 (joint 277th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £516 (joint 479th) | £552 (joint 508th) | £240 | £1,229 (224th) | £1,076 (joint 228th) | £863 (397th) | £374 (joint 595th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,860 (398th) | £1,498 (joint 500th) | £511 | £2,713 (304th) | £3,085 (joint 253rd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,244 (272nd) | £1,041 (joint 360th) | £302 | £1,864 (joint 378th) | £1,864 (joint 372nd) | £1,864 (joint 362nd) | £1,562 (joint 436th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £125,369 (574th) | £133,341 (412th) | £119,314 | £122,981 (joint 331st) | £128,454 (144th) | £104,747 (491st) | £74,097 (557th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,442 (470th). Rail £8,600 (75th). Air £1,663 (89th). Other: European £685 (86th).
** 3rd party £1,580 (6th). Rail £5,901 (139th). Air £2,853 (90th).