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Stephen Timms
Labour MP for East Ham
- Also represented Newham North East
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1994 — unknown
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Timms voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Treasury, Cabinet Office, Culture Media and Sport, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Universal Credit, Work Programme, Employment Schemes, Social Security Benefits, Paye
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Timms and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (25 out of 26)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (16 out of 18)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Communications Bill Committee (17 out of 25)
- Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Education Bill Committee (15 out of 20)
- Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Universal Credit (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how he plans to reflect the number of universal credit recipients in the monthly labour market statistics during the transition from jobseeker's allowance to universal credit.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many claimants were assessed as a member of a protected group and exempt from housing benefit restrictions for 52 weeks, on the grounds that an occupant of their home had died within the previous 12 months in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; (2) how many claimants in employment at the time of their initial claim were awarded...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus: Walthamstow (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the league table and (b) the stricter benefit regime figures referred to in the internal staff memorandum by the Walthamstow Jobcentre adviser manager, dated 20 February 2013.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 649 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.04% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 22 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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") 1080 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Traidcraft plc
Address of donor: Kingsway, Gateshead NE11 0NE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, visa and hotel bills costing £780. I was accompanied by my wife and she paid her airfare and other expenses.
Destination of visit: Bangladesh
Date of visit: 5-9 May 2012
Purpose of visit: To visit Traidcraft suppliers and charitable projects
(Registered 11 June 2012)
Name of donor: Elam Ministries
Address of donor: P O Box 75, Godalming, Surrey GU8 6YP
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Estimated at £830 for travel and accommodation
Destination of visit: Turkey
Date of visit: 15-20 August 2012
Purpose of visit: To meet Christians from Iran
(Registered 11 August 2012)
Name of donor: Tate & Lyle Sugars
Address of donor: Thames Refinery, Factory Road, Silvertown, London E16 2EW
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) £507 and (2) £200
Destination of visit: Brussels
Date of visit: (1) 28-29 March 2012 and (2) 18-19 September 2012
Purpose of visit: to discuss with MEPs and the European Commission the regulation of the European sugar market
(Registered 15 October 2012)
Name of donor: The Bible Society
Address of donor: Stonehill Green, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7DG
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation and other costs with an estimated value of £4,000
Destination of visit: Shanghai, China
Date of visit: 1 to 6 November 2012
Purpose of visit: To deliver lectures on ethics and the world financial system
(Registered 4 December 2012 )
11. Miscellaneous
I received from LOCOG (One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LN) two tickets with a total value of £550 for the Olympic athletic events on Wednesday 8 August; and two tickets (with no face value) for the technical rehearsal on Wednesday 25 July. (Registered 30 August 2012)
I was also admitted by LOCOG to the finals of the Paralympic judo and wheelchair basketball competitions in order to present flowers to the winners. (Registered 18 September 2012)
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 | £0 | £0 |
| 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) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £4,904 (636th) | £5,315 (636th) | £12,653 (592nd) | £14,370 | £10,402 (599th) | £11,803 (620th) | £17,902 (388th) | £9,362 (538th) |
| Staffing costs | £97,695 (249th) | £99,526 (24th) | £93,994 (30th) | £89,710 | £86,456 (11th) | £70,698 (169th) | £71,734 (joint 54th with 1 other) | £57,703 (32nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,557 (421st) | £4,953 (465th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £924 (joint 637th with 2 others) | £912 (joint 638th with 1 other) | £896 (joint 631st with 1 other) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £7 | £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 | £4,272 (233rd) | £744 (343rd) | £1,446 (joint 171st with 1 other) | £839 | £966 (303rd) | £435 (joint 548th with 1 other) | £866 (joint 395th with 1 other) | £976 (342nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,485 (joint 296th with 2 others) | £3,058 (284th) | £2,644 | £1,858 (428th) | £1,190 (530th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,250 (joint 264th with 3 others) | £1,065 (joint 305th with 9 others) | £877 | £1,844 (joint 401st with 1 other) | £1,844 (joint 394th with 1 other) | £1,844 (joint 385th with 1 other) | £1,844 (joint 354th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £2,140 (51st) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £116,345 (607th) | £119,225 (605th) | £114,928 (586th) | £111,060 | £103,144 (597th) | £88,468 (636th) | £94,785 (591st) | £72,008 (577th) |