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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
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Theresa May voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. 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 university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Never 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: Putting Victims First (22 May 2012)
“I am later today publishing “Putting victims first — more effective responses to anti-social behaviour”. It sets out the Government’s plans to deliver on the commitment to introduce mote effective measures to tackle anti-social behaviour, and puts them in the wider context of the reforms to the policing and criminal justice landscape and work to turn round the lives of...”
- Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Equality Strategy (Building a Fairer Britain: Progress Report) (22 May 2012)
“When I launched the equality strategy “Building a Fairer Britain”, in December 2010, I made a commitment to report back on its progress. I have today published a progress update, “The Equality Strategy—Building a Fairer Britain: Progress Report”. It sets out how the coalition Government’s new approach to equality, which is based on transparency, local...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police (Administrative Burden) (21 May 2012)
“I have made it clear that police should focus on cutting crime and not on doing paperwork. That is why I have already announced a package of policies that will cut police bureaucracy, saving up to 4.5 million police hours per year, the equivalent of putting more than 2,100 officers back on the beat.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 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 59.71% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 34 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") 1111 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: 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 (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).