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Stephen Twigg
Labour MP for Liverpool, West Derby
- Also represented Enfield, Southgate
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Twigg voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. 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 introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Justice, Health, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Free Schools, Reading: Primary Education, Schools: Finance, Freedom of Information, Departmental Domestic Visits
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Twigg and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- School Transport Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Education: Academies (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many multi-academy trust arrangements there are; and what proportion of academies are in such an arrangement.”
- Written Answers — Education: Schools (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to promote maintained federations.”
- Written Answers — Education: Schools (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many local authority maintained federations there are in England; and how many such federations are of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 36 written questions in the last year — 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 65.85% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation 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") 287 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorships
(a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
(a) Name of donor: The Co-Operative Group
(a) Address of donor: New Century House, Corporation St, Manchester M60 4ES
(a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
(a) Donor status: co-operative society
(a) (Registered 23 August 2012 )
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP
(b) Name of donor: Alt Valley Community Trust: a not-for-profit social enterprise
(b) Address of donor: Unit 2, Electric Avenue, Stonebridge Park, Liverpool L11 OED
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,020.32 representing salary paid
(b) during eight month secondment of a member of staff (secondment period October 2011– May
(b) 2012)
(b) Date of receipt: 1 October 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 1 October 2011
(b) (Registered 4 October 2011 )
(b) Name of donor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(b) Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6RH
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: policy analysis provided to me as Shadow Secretary of State for Education, from 17 September-20 December 2012; total value £14,490
(b) Date of receipt: 14 September 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 17 September 2012
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 24 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).
| 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) |