A selection of Fiona Mactaggart’s votes

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• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013.
• Consistently voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, between 2010–2017.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
• Voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, between 2007–2016.
• Almost always voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 14 votes against, 3 absences, between 2012–2014.
• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 9 votes for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, between 2011–2016.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Refugees: Children 27 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of unaccompanied children who have been admitted to the UK under the Dublin Convention in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Women’s Centres 25 Apr 2017

  What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of women’s centres in reducing reoffending; and if she will make a statement.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Women’s Centres 25 Apr 2017

  But is it not a fact that most women in prison are extremely vulnerable and have been victims themselves, including of domestic abuse, addiction and mental health problems, and that women’s centres actually deal with the whole problem? I was a Home Office Minister who helped to persuade Baroness Corston to produce her excellent report, and the reason why we did that was the number of women...

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Slough

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @fionamacmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Fiona Mactaggart campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• Work and Pensions
• Health
• Justice
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Public Appointments
• Human Trafficking
• Departmental Public Appointments
• Action for Employment
• Domestic Violence

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament ( 9 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament ( 9 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (13 May 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (13 May 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Modern Slavery Bill Committee ( 9 Jan 2014 to 3 Apr 2014)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (24 Oct 2011 to 7 Apr 2014)
• Shadow Minister (Equalities) (26 Apr 2011 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 26 Apr 2011)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) ( 7 Dec 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) ( 1 May 2008 to 22 Jul 2008)
• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee ( 9 Nov 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Education & Skills Committee (17 Jul 2006 to 8 Nov 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (13 Jun 2003 to 5 May 2006)
• Member, Public Administration Committee (16 Jul 1997 to 3 Feb 1998)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Watts

Future MPs in this constituency

• Tan Dhesi

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (7 out of 11)
• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• National Lottery (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)