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Mrs Alice Mahon
Former Labour MP for Halifax

    • Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
    • Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Mrs Alice Mahon voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
      • Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
      • Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
      • Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
      • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
      • Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
      • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
      • Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
      • Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
      • Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
      • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
      • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes

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      Most recent appearances

      Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (14 Mar 2005)

      “On election day, Dr. Malko, the president of the Assyrian National Assembly, claimed that up to 400,000 Assyrians and other ethnic minorities were not allowed to vote because ballot boxes did not reach them and Kurdish militia prevented them from going to vote. He has appealed to the Prime Minister to ensure that they get representation given what happened. Has that been investigated? What...”

      International Criminal Tribunal (Former Yugoslavia) (23 Feb 2005)

      “The Minister will be aware that my hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd), who is now the special envoy on human rights to Iraq, chaired an organisation, Indict, which collected evidence for years with the express view of having such a tribunal. Now that prospect is gone. Why?”

      International Criminal Tribunal (Former Yugoslavia) (23 Feb 2005)

      “I asked for this debate for three main reasons. When the tribunal was established, I was firmly of the view that it would not heal wounds or bring people together. On the contrary, I thought that it would drive communities in the former Yugoslavia further apart, that it would be conducted on a low threshold of evidence and that it would pit neighbour against neighbour. I have travelled...”

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      Numerology

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      • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
      • Has voted in 66.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
      • 3 people are tracking this MP.

      Expenses

      Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).

      Type2008/092007/082006/072005/062004/05 (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      £0 £17,563 (414th) £19,290 (302nd) £18,800 (380th) £15,679 (267th)
      London costs      £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Office running costs      £0 £17,777 (371st) £18,755 (305th) £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) £12,633 (438th)
      Staffing costs      £6,752 £70,916 (289th) £67,989 (317th) £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) £49,732 (190th)
      Communications AllowanceN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Travel      £235 £13,761 (187th) £11,681 (260th) £12,316 (joint 229th with 1 other) £8,910 (280th)
      Members' Staff Travel      £474 £1,714 (100th) £1,615 (87th) £2,832 (20th) £1,355 (89th)
      Members' Spouse TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Family TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Centrally Purchased Stationery      £28 £2,262 (93rd) £1,153 (200th) £1,232 (joint 236th with 1 other) £769 (420th)
      Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £115 £5,873 (105th) £3,467 (208th) N/A N/A
      Centrally Provided Computer Equipment      £0 £2,016 (47th) £2,016 (43rd) £2,016 (43rd) £2,016 (42nd)
      Other Costs      £24,399 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Total      £32,003 £131,882 (156th) £125,966 (184th) £117,410 (226th) £91,094 (264th)