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Stephen Timms
Labour MP for East Ham
- Also represented Newham North East
- Financial Secretary, HM Treasury (since 6 Oct 2008)
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1994 — unknown
- Majority: 13,155 votes. — 88th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
- Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Timms voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very 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
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for 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
Select Committee membership
- Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (since 13 Jan 2009)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): UK Competitiveness
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Timms and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Communications Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Education Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Child Benefit (2 Jul 2009)
“This particular information is not available. However, for information on the amount of time it takes to pay a new child benefit claim I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Glasgow, East (John Mason), on 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1046-47W. HMRC under these schemes at a cost of around £299 million. The savings in salary costs from these...”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services (1 Jul 2009)
“holding answer 18 June 2009 HMRC has in excess of 200 different 0845 numbers and cannot therefore provide waiting times for each of these numbers. The majority of calls to HMRC are centrally managed through contact centres and the performance data for these calls are aggregated by each tax/head of duty. In the last 12 months, customers calling the main lines of business waited, on average,...”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credit: Repayments (1 Jul 2009)
“The latest estimates of the number of families with tax credit awards, including information on overpayments by constituency, based on final family circumstances and incomes are given in the HMRC publication, "Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics Finalised Annual Awards. Supplement on Payments Geographical Analyses", for 2006-07. This publication is available at:...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, 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 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 867 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register
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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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London Supplement | £2,812 (joint 1st) | £2,712 (joint 1st) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £5,315 (636th) | £12,653 (592nd) | £14,370 | £10,402 (599th) | £11,803 (620th) | £17,902 (388th) | £9,362 (538th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £99,526 (24th) | £93,994 (30th) | £89,710 | £86,456 (11th) | £70,698 (169th) | £71,734 (joint 54th) | £57,703 (32nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,953 (465th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £924 (joint 637th) | £912 (joint 638th) | £896 (joint 631st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £7 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £744 (343rd) | £1,446 (joint 171st) | £839 | £966 (303rd) | £435 (joint 548th) | £866 (joint 395th) | £976 (342nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,485 (joint 296th) | £3,058 (284th) | £2,644 | £1,858 (428th) | £1,190 (530th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,250 (joint 264th) | £1,065 (joint 305th) | £877 | £1,844 (joint 401st) | £1,844 (joint 394th) | £1,844 (joint 385th) | £1,844 (joint 354th) |
| Other Costs | £2,140 (51st) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £119,225 (605th) | £114,928 (586th) | £111,060 | £103,144 (597th) | £88,468 (636th) | £94,785 (591st) | £72,008 (577th) |