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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. — 415th out of 643 MPs.

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 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

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, Culture Media and Sport

  • 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)

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above 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.
  • 77 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Theresa May speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 647 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Design and maintenance of website free of charge by Web Design by Russell Brown Ltd.
Temporary secondment of one part-time member of staff by PriceWaterhouseCoopers to my office to assist in policy development and analysis for the Shadow Work and Pensions team. (Registered 23 February 2009)
Temporary secondment of one full-time member of staff by Mr Martyn Rose of London, to assist in policy development and analysis for the Shadow Work and Pensions team. (Registered 18 May 2009)
Donation to Maidenhead Conservative Association from Johan Christofferson, of London. (Registered 11 June 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Michael Hintze
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1200 for two tickets to the Carlton Political Club Dinner
Date of receipt of donation: 22 September 2009
Date of acceptance of donation: 22 September 2009
Donor status: individual
(Registered 25 October 2009)
10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Receipt of a discount card on the purchase of shoes from Russell and Bromley, which has the potential to be of registrable value.

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£4,288 (579th) £5,939 (578th) £4,878 £0 £8,213 (591st) £0 £10,435 (559th)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£6,641 (628th) £19,078 (428th) £18,083 £18,113 (348th) £15,275 (564th) £14,173 (569th) £16,025 (joint 307th)
Staffing Allowance£90,983 (155th) £80,695 (426th) £67,035 £60,084 (607th) £63,081 (537th) £61,857 (447th) £52,526 (112th)
Communications Allowance£10,123 (117th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£2,364 (576th)* £3,350 (542nd)** £2,351 £1,602 (628th) £2,256 (608th) £1,780 (621st) £2,211 (589th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Members' Spouse Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£511 (joint 483rd) £859 (333rd) £1,266 £568 (joint 465th) £874 (joint 314th) £2,008 (86th) £1,643 (130th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,275 (joint 516th) £1,360 (527th) £1,936 £1,397 (508th) £1,861 (joint 438th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,962 (2nd) £1,767 (7th) £692 £1,537 (joint 564th) £771 (645th) £771 (639th) £0
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£118,147 (608th) £113,048 (595th) £96,241 £83,301 (652nd) £92,331 (624th) £80,589 (643rd) £82,840 (446th)

* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,168 (502nd). Rail £187 (539th). Other: Rail £850 (26th). European £159 (134th).

** Car £1,574 (473rd). Rail £1,198 (401st). Air £578 (143rd).