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Stephen McCabe
Labour MP for Birmingham, Selly Oak
- Also represented Birmingham, Hall Green
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen McCabe voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Education, Work and Pensions, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan, Ict, Diabetes, Child Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance
(based on written questions asked by Stephen McCabe and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Crime and Courts Bill Committee (11 out of 13)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
- Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (7 out of 11)
- Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (18 out of 23)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (34 out of 39)
- Vehicles (Crime) Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
- Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (11 out of 15)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Social Services (16 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effects on (a) insurers and (b) policy holders of the proposed cap on social care costs; (2) what discussions his Department had with insurance providers before the Government's decision to set a cap on the cost of social care was taken; (3) what discussions his...”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Stations: West Midlands (15 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fire stations there were in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each year since 2010.”
- Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)
“It is a pleasure to follow the thoughtful speech of the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Pauline Latham). I congratulate the Government on their fine display of unity on the Queen’s Speech. In all my years in the Whips Office, I cannot recall seeing anything quite like it. In the early days of the Government, the ambition was simple: wipe out the deficit in a single Parliament, set debt...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 233 written questions in the last year — well above 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 63.14% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 291 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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 | £16,961 (385th) | £17,109 (460th) | £12,092 (538th) | £11,488 | £14,010 (505th) | £12,970 (520th) | £14,597 (531st) | £16,276 (joint 140th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £29,159 (11th) | £23,103 (89th) | £27,961 (42nd) | £20,196 | £17,270 (399th) | £4,157 (655th) | £6,862 (643rd) | £15,675 (329th) |
| Staffing costs | £85,814 (509th) | £84,464 (428th) | £74,327 (566th) | £50,952 | £52,423 (638th) | £40,726 (655th) | £55,488 (582nd) | £42,909 (442nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,057 (joint 303rd with 1 other) | £6,416 (395th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,410 (273rd)1 | £9,399 (243rd)2 | £7,745 (312th)3 | £4,281 | £7,721 (436th) | £6,652 (457th) | £5,844 (494th) | £4,705 (482nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £426 (178th) | £1,007 (joint 99th with 1 other) | £1,263 (93rd) | £1,555 | £0 | £163 (joint 379th with 1 other) | £163 (394th) | £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 | £1,410 (582nd) | £1,351 (121st) | £4,063 (22nd) | £1,944 | £4,850 (22nd) | £953 (276th) | £729 (joint 457th with 1 other) | £752 (429th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,945 (379th) | £11,530 (25th) | £6,903 | £13,630 (23rd) | £3,147 (248th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,566 (12th) | £1,371 (25th) | £1,895 | £1,748 (joint 491st with 1 other) | £1,748 (joint 482nd with 1 other) | £1,718 (470th) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £3,711 (52nd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £152,183 (301st) | £146,360 (332nd) | £140,352 (joint 277th with 1 other) | £99,214 | £111,652 (529th) | £70,516 (656th) | £85,401 (632nd) | £80,317 (485th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,066 (485th). Rail £7,344 (98th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £874 (533rd). Rail £8,214 (82nd). Other: Rail £311 (61st).