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Steve Webb
Liberal Democrat MP for Northavon
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 11,033 votes. — 309th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Steve Webb voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Health, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Pensions, Benefit Fraud, Tax Credits, Pension Credit, Child Support Agency
(based on written questions asked by Steve Webb and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Energy Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Health Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Pensions Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
- Tax Credits Committee (2 out of n/a)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Social Security Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Payments (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recipients of benefits and pensions paid by her Department had payment credited (a) to a pre-paid card, (b) credited to a bank account, (c) credited to a post office card account, (d) credited to a credit card account, (e) credited to another account and (f) and paid by giro on 1 January (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of tax credit claimants had been (a) underpaid and (b) overpaid more than (i) once, (ii) twice, (iii) three times and (iv) four times since their claim began in the latest period for which figures are available.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individual cases of tax credit overpayment his Department has taken to court to seek recovery in each month since April 2009; and if he will make a statement.”
More of Steve Webb's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 349 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 64 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Steve Webb speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 808 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 (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 | £19,741 (301st) | £22,913 (215th) | £22,101 (joint 203rd with 2 others) | £12,644 | £12,372 (538th) | £13,338 (511th) | £12,722 (567th) | £15,266 (326th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,116 (265th) | £18,461 (320th) | £17,079 (510th) | £22,133 | £16,834 (419th) | £18,786 (joint 258th with 1 other) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £14,118 (375th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,427 (114th) | £93,370 (93rd) | £90,633 (58th) | £81,947 | £72,813 (228th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £50,417 (171st) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,616 (333rd) | £9,984 (147th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,458 (223rd)3 | £8,325 (280th)2 | £9,667 (229th)1 | £9,384 | £7,977 (423rd) | £7,030 (442nd) | £7,237 (444th) | £5,237 (455th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £79 (joint 351st with 1 other) | £74 (joint 388th with 1 other) | £122 (365th) | £138 | £174 (joint 379th with 1 other) | £393 (293rd) | £164 (393rd) | £0 |
| 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 | £3,661 (joint 307th with 1 other) | £996 (226th) | £837 (344th) | £1,073 | £1,192 (238th) | £811 (349th) | £1,232 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £997 (joint 333rd with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,365 (193rd) | £2,329 (364th) | £3,908 | £3,414 (226th) | £3,014 (joint 258th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,308 (joint 172nd with 2 others) | £1,114 (231st) | £933 | £1,863 (joint 380th with 1 other) | £1,863 (joint 374th with 1 other) | £1,863 (joint 364th with 1 other) | £1,863 (joint 339th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £293 (79th) | £585 | £0 | £0 | £642 (76th) | £0 |
| Total | £162,098 (162nd) | £158,796 (113th) | £144,175 (192nd) | £132,745 | £116,639 (467th) | £113,258 (460th) | £107,690 (452nd) | £87,898 (347th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,204 (497th). Rail £6,558 (131st). Misc £563 (65th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,030 (488th). Rail £7,322 (100th). Misc £588 (62nd). Other: Mileage £25 (84th). Rail £493 (44th).