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Stephen Williams
Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Williams voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against 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: Innovation, Universities and Skills, Business, Innovation and Skills, Health, Education and Skills, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Students: Loans, Higher Education: Admissions, Apprentices, Departmental Official Cars, Students: Finance
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Williams and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Small Charitable Donations Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
- Public Service Pensions Bill Committee (3 out of 9)
- Financial Services (Banking Reform)Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (13 out of 13)
- FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (11 out of 18)
- Education and Skills Bill Committee (12 out of 20)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Charities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“I echo my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Dr Huppert) in paying tribute to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green). In Committee, the debate took place the other way around: I spoke to the amendment first, and she spoke second. It has been a pleasure to work across and among parties on this issue, because it is not a divisive issue. We all genuinely...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“Indeed; the force is not with those arguments! The other argument that has been put forward is that this Bill is the wrong vehicle at the wrong time. I ask this of the Government Front-Bench team: if not now, when? Marriage Bills are not introduced in this place very often. I am sure the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) will correct me if my chronology is wrong, but I think that since...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“I suppose I did tempt the hon. Gentleman to intervene, although I did also say “since the Reformation”. As a genealogist in my spare time, I am also very familiar with the Hardwicke Act of 1753. So, to return to my point, if not now, when? The Government have not addressed that question to our satisfaction. Instead, we are left with a suspicion that there is no good will and no...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — below 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 83.12% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 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") 243 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,301 (133rd) | £20,721 (365th) | £18,080 (441st) | £17,801 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £22,129 (117th) | £19,280 (276th) | £19,740 (391st) | £19,587 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £86,619 (495th) | £89,769 (240th) | £87,874 (125th) | £65,089 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £15,406 (27th) | £7,199 (370th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,435 (361st)1 | £5,713 (420th)2 | £5,259 (454th)3 | £4,208 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £166 (301st) | £479 (217th) | £314 (274th) | £198 | ||||
| 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 | £2,317 (470th) | £460 (517th) | £1,411 (177th) | £1,492 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £805 (588th) | £3,349 (247th) | £4,490 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,159 (joint 397th with 2 others) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £156,372 (246th) | £145,585 (343rd) | £137,109 (337th) | £113,947 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £6,309 (130th). Other: Mileage £70 (62nd). Rail £56 (127th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £4,528 (207th). Other: Mileage £92 (51st). Rail £52 (151st). European £1,041 (55th).