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Vera Baird
Former Labour MP for Redcar
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 12,116 votes. — 108th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Vera Baird voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
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 their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House: Clause 9 — Race (6 Apr 2010) has video
“With the leave of the House, Mr. Speaker, I shall reply to the debate. As ever, the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon (Dr. Harris) has over-argued his case. I hope that he sometimes has pause for thought about how conjuring up surreal incidents of harassment-putting forward examples that have never existed and suggesting that people behave as outrageously as he wants to suggest-can...”
- Business of the House: Clause 9 — Race (6 Apr 2010) has video
“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”
- Business of the House: Clause 9 — Race (6 Apr 2010) has video
“I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving me the opportunity to intervene. He is utterly wrong, but he knows that, because he said this about six times in Committee, and I have told him six times that he is wrong. The case law is incredibly clear. For the sixth time, let me say that it is called Driskel v. Peninsula Business Services, and the Employment Appeal Tribunal made it clear that where...”
More of Vera Baird's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 77.95% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 39 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
- 52 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 575 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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 | £15,425 (421st) | £19,728 (399th) | £19,191 (416th) | £19,485 | £17,633 (411th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,693 (276th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,152 (303rd) | £17,355 (377th) | £19,907 (376th) | £19,158 | £18,395 (325th) | £18,655 (366th) | £17,866 (397th) | £27,381 (50th) |
| Staffing costs | £99,595 (178th) | £94,488 (62nd) | £87,808 (130th) | £84,923 | £70,990 (287th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,561 (241st) | £44,208 (397th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,526 (490th) | £5,109 (455th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,506 (266th)1 | £11,263 (172nd)2 | £12,921 (114th)3 | £12,586 | £14,793 (147th) | £15,294 (136th) | £11,026 (285th) | £10,269 (203rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,518 (39th) | £637 (161st) | £2,776 (15th) | £1,762 | £3,015 (21st) | £626 (231st) | £1,714 (70th) | £1,629 (61st) |
| 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 | £1,321 (592nd) | £577 (446th) | £954 (joint 296th with 1 other) | £781 | £747 (joint 382nd with 1 other) | £876 (312th) | £1,469 (167th) | £1,896 (87th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,560 (454th) | £2,144 (391st) | £1,460 | £3,125 (257th) | £2,814 (286th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,258 (joint 250th with 2 others) | £1,071 (joint 298th with 2 others) | £0 | £1,767 (483rd) | £1,767 (474th) | £1,767 (451st) | £1,767 (391st) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £149,043 (337th) | £151,975 (237th) | £146,772 (140th) | £140,155 | £130,465 (181st) | £128,388 (146th) | £119,096 (192nd) | £105,159 (41st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,872 (281st). Rail £5,634 (158th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,420 (352nd). Rail £8,843 (72nd).