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Stephen Twigg
Labour MP for Liverpool, West Derby
- Also represented Enfield, Southgate
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- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Twigg voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- School Transport Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Bills Presented — Fixed-term Parliaments Bill: Clause 2 — Payments under Academy agreements (22 Jul 2010) has video
“I strongly echo the closing remarks of the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Mr Hancock), and I welcome the amendment. The Government's announcements on Building Schools for the Future and the progress of this Bill, which have happened roughly at the same time, are very much related to each other. As my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Pat Glass) said, Building Schools for the...”
- Bills Presented — Fixed-term Parliaments Bill: Clause 2 — Payments under Academy agreements (22 Jul 2010) has video
“The difference on this occasion is that the schools affected have worked for years on a programme for their own improvement, and they came together in Building Schools for the Future. Now that has all been stopped, except for schools that will potentially have academy status. The problem is the uncertainty. I want schools to make the decisions that are best for them. The head of De La Salle...”
- Bills Presented — Fixed-term Parliaments Bill: Clause 2 — Payments under Academy agreements (22 Jul 2010) has video
“That is absolutely my understanding, and the figures that the Department for Children, Schools and Families gave under the previous Government were those signed off by the Treasury.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 88% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 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") 212 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 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 | £5,280 (612th) | £3,759 (606th) | |||
| London costs | £253 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) | |||
| Office running costs | £0 | £9,664 (610th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £16,797 (490th) | £3,825 (636th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £17,479 | £87,177 (7th) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £63,951 (7th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £470 (645th) | £1,488 (626th) | £1,476 (629th) | £1,456 (joint 613th with 1 other) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £2,498 (73rd) | £1,150 (201st) | £1,298 (217th) | £1,850 (94th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £11,054 (36th) | £5,440 (96th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,840 (joint 408th with 3 others) | £1,840 (joint 401st with 3 others) | £1,840 (joint 391st with 3 others) | £1,840 (joint 357th with 3 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £20,026 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £37,758 | £114,321 (499th) | £105,276 (562nd) | £100,528 (536th) | £77,811 (515th) |