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Tom Watson
Labour MP for West Bromwich East
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 11,652 votes. — 91st 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 Tom Watson voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Culture, Media & Sport Committee (since 10 Aug 2009)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Demos, Departmental Internet, Departmental Databases, Police, Nirex
(based on written questions asked by Tom Watson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Human Tissue Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Fireworks Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Communications Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (26 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (19 Nov 2009) has video
“The announcement that Ordnance Survey's mapping data will be available free to the many thousands of digital industries and community groups in Britain is very welcome. However, there is much more public sector information sitting around in departmental hard drives, such as Land Registry data and transport times. May we have a debate on how public sector information can increase the UK...”
- Business, Innovation and Skills: High-Speed Broadband (12 Nov 2009)
“Internet service providers will lose income from people who are cut off as a result of allegations of illicit file-sharing, yet the figures used by my hon. Friend's Department to assess the scale of internet piracy are provided by the music industry and are based on a poor sample—fewer than 200—and have been soundly ridiculed by the BBC. Will he give me a guarantee that he will...”
More of Tom Watson's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 201 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low 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 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 99 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £16,069 (475th) | £19,740 (398th) | £19,029 | £13,995 (506th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,567 (310th) | £17,997 (66th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £470 (123rd) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £19,927 (243rd) | £24,459 (106th) | £22,259 | £19,325 (joint 11th) | £18,761 (joint 295th) | £17,533 (442nd) | £24,140 (84th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £82,801 (475th) | £82,748 (joint 383rd) | £78,203 | £75,593 (joint 129th) | £74,552 (56th) | £72,310 (joint 1st) | £54,884 (73rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,309 (313th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,711 (366th)* | £6,519 (365th)** | £6,991 | £10,548 (320th) | £9,599 (338th) | £14,826 (145th) | £10,844 (173rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £539 (197th) | £684 (178th) | £0 | £69 (436th) | £1,519 (joint 98th) | £235 (363rd) | £1,035 (joint 129th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £646 (joint 175th) | 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 | £1,709 (61st) | £4,823 (14th) | £3,556 | £4,836 (23rd) | £2,273 (46th) | £1,497 (163rd) | £4,269 (7th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,280 (36th) | £11,366 (26th) | £7,108 | £12,761 (26th) | £7,746 (45th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,257 (joint 253rd) | £1,049 (349th) | £0 | £2,000 (joint 67th) | £2,000 (joint 60th) | £2,000 (joint 60th) | £2,000 (joint 59th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £8,852 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £143,248 (377th) | £151,388 (73rd) | £145,998 | £139,597 (65th) | £136,783 (54th) | £127,968 (43rd) | £115,169 (11th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,261 (488th). Rail £5,450 (167th).