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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

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Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Northern Ireland, International Development, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): HIV/AIDS, Pensioners, Civil Service, Housing, Interuterine Insemination

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RSS feed Most recent appearances in parliament

Orders of the Day: Counter-Terrorism Bill (19 Nov 2008)

“The Minister said that it was important to strike a balance between families and the public interest. Those are fine words, but how do the Government's provisions strike that balance, when a family can simply be told that it is in the public interest to keep the matter secret? A family in those circumstances will be left suffocating with frustration and there will be no sense of balance. When...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Political and Economic Developments (19 Nov 2008)

“I join the Secretary of State in welcoming the positive turn of events this week that will see the Executive meet again after 22 weeks. Does he agree that it was no active leadership that prevented the Executive from meeting during that time of pain for the economy, public services and the voluntary sector, and is he confident that there will be no slippage or slipperiness in the process...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (19 Nov 2008)

“As the Government rightly consider targeted timely fiscal measures to assist growth, will the Prime Minister assure us that they will remember pensioners, who will spend to good economic effect any extra money they receive from either a one-off top-up this year of the winter fuel payment or the automatic payment for three months of pension credit, which could assist several pensioners through...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 28 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 26% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 2 comments on this MP's speeches — below 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.
  • 74 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mark Durkan speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 128 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Chairman of the Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

Type2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
Additional Costs Allowance£21,190 (336th)£18,105    
London Supplement£0£0    
Incidental Expenses Provision£21,604 (joint 201st)£25,787    
Staffing Allowance£82,963 (373rd)£71,595    
Members' Travel£12,179 (125th)*£10,884    
Members' Staff Travel£244 (joint 307th)£2,075    
Centrally Purchased Stationery£313 (602nd)£340    
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,284 (540th)£426N/AN/AN/AN/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,082 (joint 276th)£1,082    
Other Costs£0£0    
Total£140,859 (265th)£130,294    

* Car £2,423 (374th). Rail £1,336 (396th). Air £8,420 (57th).