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Stephen Williams
Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Williams voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- 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 strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- 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, Treasury
- 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)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- 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 (4 out of 4)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (11 out of 18)
- Education and Skills Bill Committee (12 out of 20)
- Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Charities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions (22 May 2012)
“My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister mentioned in his speech this morning plotting the advances made by children on free school meals. Some of the schools in my constituency have more than 50% of pupils on free school meals. Will he undertake to increase the value of the pupil premium over the life of this Parliament so that the schools already making huge progress can build on...”
- Written Answers — Justice: Ashfield Young Offender Institution: Ethnic Groups: Discipline (1 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the ethnicity is of each child awarded additional days of imprisonment by outside adjudicators in Ashfield Young Offender Institute in each month in the last two years; (2) how many additional days of imprisonment were awarded to children in Ashfield Young Offender Institute by an outside adjudicator for breaches of prison rules in each...”
- Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 4) Bill: Clause 5 - Main rate of corporation tax for financial year 2012 (26 Apr 2012)
“Does my hon. Friend welcome the coalition Government’s acceptance of the reports put together by Graham Aaronson and his committee? He is the doyen of the tax Bar at which my hon. Friend used to practise, though probably not at the same rates as Mr Aaronson. Does my hon. Friend welcome the fact that the coalition Government are now going to consult for the next 12 months on introducing...”
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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 37 written questions in the last year — 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 84.94% 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") 195 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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).