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Theresa May
Conservative MP for Maidenhead
- Minister of State, Equalities Office (since 12 May 2010)
Home Secretary (since 12 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Theresa May voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
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, Future Jobs Fund
(based on written questions asked by Theresa May and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
Most recent appearances
- Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (16 May 2013)
“In accordance with section 20(2), 20(3), 20(4) and 20(5) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM) Act 2011, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, David Anderson QC, prepared a report on the operation of the Act in 2012, which I laid before the House on 14 March 2013. I am grateful to David Anderson QC for his report, the first on the operation of the TPIM...”
- Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Daniel Morgan (10 May 2013)
“Daniel Morgan, a private investigator, was found murdered in a pub car park in south-east London on 10 March 1987. It is one of the country’s most notorious unsolved murder cases. After numerous separate police investigations into the case between 1987 and 2002, the Crown Prosecution Service discontinued the final attempted prosecution against five suspects in 2011. The Metropolitan...”
- Home Affairs (9 May 2013)
“The right hon. Lady has made an attempt at two jokes during her speech, which is probably two more than we normally have. I have a simple question for her: does she agree that net migration was too high under the previous Labour Government?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 53.35% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 44 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 1303 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Receipt of a discount card from Amanda Wakeley, which has the potential to be of registrable value. Expires end February 2013. (Registered 12 April 2012)
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 (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)1 | £2,364 (576th)2 | £3,350 (542nd)3 | £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 (565th) | £118,147 (608th) | £113,048 (595th) | £96,241 | £83,301 (652nd) | £92,331 (624th) | £80,589 (643rd) | £82,840 (446th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £302 (556th). Rail £160 (549th). Other: Rail £1,316 (9th). Air £186 (27th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,168 (502nd). Rail £187 (539th). Other: Rail £850 (26th). European £159 (134th).
3 Car £1,574 (473rd). Rail £1,198 (401st). Air £578 (143rd).