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.
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Consistently voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes
0 votes for, 6 votes against, between 2010–2017.
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Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes
0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
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Voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes
1 vote for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, between 2007–2016.
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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.
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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
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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.
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What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of women’s centres in reducing reoffending; and if she will make a statement.
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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
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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)
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Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 2 May 2017.
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Office premises in Glasgow (held on my behalf by trustees): (i) and (ii).
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Mactaggart Heritable Holdings Ltd.; property investment and management.
8. Miscellaneous
I made an interest-free loan of £17,000 to Slough Labour Memorial Hall, a registered friendly society, from whom I rent my
constituency office. The loan was to pay for refurbishing other parts of the premises and replacing a boiler. The final repayment was received on 12 December 2016. (Registered 26 January 2012; updated 19 March 2013, 5 June 2013, 23 August 2013, 23 December 2013, 23 March 2016, 13 October 2016 and 19 April 2017)
From 26 September 2016 to 31 July 2017, I have the support of an intern recruited through
CARE, as part of their educational Leadership Programme, who works for me 4 days a week. The intern undertook training with CARE in September 2016 and received a bursary of £770 in that month. She is now paid through my staffing allowance and does not receive a bursary. (Registered 11 October 2016)
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