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Stephen Crabb
Conservative MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire
- Assistant Whip, House of Commons (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Crabb voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Welsh Language, Trust Ports, Police, Natural Gas, Broadband
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Crabb and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Superannuation bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
- Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (9 out of 12)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Public Bill Committee: Public Bodies Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - Power to abolish: bodies and offices (8 Sep 2011)
“He knows his stuff.”
- Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care Bill: Clause 2 (17 Feb 2011)
“On a point of order, Mr Hood. Will time be allowed for Members who are not here yet to arrive?”
- Cabinet Office (21 Dec 2010)
“I start by echoing the thanks of my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone), a member of the Backbench Business Committee, to all the members of his Committee and the staff who support its work. We have had an interesting first chapter to this debate and I shall try to provide substantive responses to each contribution. First, I turn to the speeches made by my hon. Friends the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 0 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 89.61% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 147 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £20,371 (267th) | £22,243 (281st) | £19,854 (joint 394th with 1 other) | £20,573 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £28,897 (14th) | £25,447 (49th) | £29,227 (8th) | £28,201 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £78,486 (582nd) | £85,390 (400th) | £77,316 (515th) | £68,156 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,118 (226th) | £8,591 (305th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,965 (137th)1 | £10,195 (214th)2 | £10,587 (192nd)3 | £10,468 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £6 (421st) | £543 (194th) | £0 | £190 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,569 (71st) | £974 (127th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £36 (100th) | £36 (106th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,157 (501st) | £755 (336th) | £576 (488th) | £862 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,136 (353rd) | £1,888 (436th) | £2,346 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,104 (joint 489th with 2 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £1,707 (59th) | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £153,604 (284th) | £159,121 (110th) | £140,462 (274th) | £131,810 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,018 (43rd). Rail £4,969 (191st). Misc £296 (110th). Other: Mileage £299 (22nd). European £383 (109th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,976 (53rd). Rail £3,995 (237th). Misc £185 (127th). Other: Mileage £10 (87th). Rail £29 (168th).