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Theresa May
Conservative MP for Maidenhead
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Also Shadow Minister for Women), Work and Pensions (since 8 Sep 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 6,231 votes. — 416th 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 Theresa May voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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 moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Members Estimate Committee (since 4 Jun 2008)
- Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (since 18 Jan 2006)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Transport, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Parliamentary Questions, Railtrack, Departmental Public Participation, Railways, Departments: Marketing
(based on written questions asked by Theresa May and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Disabled (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which diseases are in the category of diseases of the genito-urinary system for the purpose of classifying incapacity benefit claims; and how many people claiming incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance have each such disease.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Disabled (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of claimants of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) severe disablement allowance whose capability for work was limited by obesity in each year since 1997.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Crisis Loans (4 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the amount spent by her Department on crisis loans on each day in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.”
More of Theresa May's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 307 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 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 59% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 657 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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). 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 | £2,078 (578th) | £4,288 (579th) | £5,939 (578th) | £4,878 | £0 | £8,213 (591st) | £0 | £10,435 (559th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £7,262 (621st) | £6,641 (628th) | £19,078 (428th) | £18,083 | £18,113 (348th) | £15,275 (564th) | £14,173 (569th) | £16,025 (joint 307th with 1 other) |
| Staffing costs | £95,837 (307th) | £90,983 (155th) | £80,695 (426th) | £67,035 | £60,084 (607th) | £63,081 (537th) | £61,857 (447th) | £52,526 (112th) |
| Communications Allowance | £16,415 (19th) | £10,123 (117th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,964 (584th)3 | £2,364 (576th)2 | £3,350 (542nd)1 | £2,351 | £1,602 (628th) | £2,256 (608th) | £1,780 (621st) | £2,211 (589th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £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 | £2,645 (423rd) | £511 (joint 483rd with 1 other) | £859 (333rd) | £1,266 | £568 (joint 465th with 1 other) | £874 (joint 314th with 1 other) | £2,008 (86th) | £1,643 (130th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,275 (joint 516th with 2 others) | £1,360 (527th) | £1,936 | £1,397 (508th) | £1,861 (joint 438th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,962 (2nd) | £1,767 (7th) | £692 | £1,537 (joint 564th with 1 other) | £771 (645th) | £771 (639th) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £126,201 (563rd) | £118,147 (608th) | £113,048 (595th) | £96,241 | £83,301 (652nd) | £92,331 (624th) | £80,589 (643rd) | £82,840 (446th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,168 (502nd). Rail £187 (539th). Other: Rail £850 (26th). European £159 (134th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £302 (556th). Rail £160 (549th). Other: Rail £1,316 (9th). Air £186 (27th).
1 Car £1,574 (473rd). Rail £1,198 (401st). Air £578 (143rd).