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Chris McCafferty
Labour MP for Calder Valley
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 1,367 votes. — 589th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Chris McCafferty voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: International Development, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Sexual and Reproductive Health, Epilepsy, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Finance, Overseas Aid: Health Services
(based on written questions asked by Chris McCafferty and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Female Genital Mutilation Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Yemen (19 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Yemen.”
- Written Answers — Health: Chronically Sick (15 Dec 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the scheduled dates are for (a) commencement and (b) completion of the mid-term review for the National Service Framework for Long-Term Conditions.”
- Written Answers — Health: Prescription Drugs (15 Dec 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions he has had with patient representative groups about generic drug substitution; (2) if he will take steps to prevent pharmacists from automatically substituting prescribed drugs with their generic equivalents until the proposed generic substitution scheme has been introduced.”
More of Chris McCafferty's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 43 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 51 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 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 | £23,757 (93rd) | £19,576 (408th) | £22,077 (225th) | £21,619 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,321 (joint 184th with 2 others) | £19,680 (joint 281st with 4 others) | £14,760 (383rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,186 (560th) | £13,326 (508th) | £22,123 (181st) | £19,637 | £15,616 (465th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £15,127 (343rd) |
| Staffing costs | £111,102 (9th) | £98,491 (31st) | £85,533 (276th) | £84,440 | £77,923 (63rd) | £70,133 (177th) | £64,903 (316th) | £48,999 (215th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,324 (196th) | £8,693 (298th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,120 (241st)3 | £8,548 (273rd)2 | £8,447 (293rd)1 | £7,588 | £13,461 (199th) | £12,893 (215th) | £12,307 (231st) | £10,334 (198th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £470 (168th) | £366 (248th) | £1,213 (100th) | £1,500 | £230 (351st) | £326 (318th) | £1,306 (joint 119th with 1 other) | £394 (joint 277th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,229 (39th) | £583 (joint 196th with 1 other) | 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 | £4,830 (195th) | £585 (443rd) | £1,307 (196th) | £1,061 | £1,632 (149th) | £1,227 (joint 176th with 1 other) | £1,487 (165th) | £1,164 (joint 273rd with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,505 (467th) | £3,105 (280th) | £2,570 | £4,067 (188th) | £3,839 (joint 178th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,071 (joint 516th with 5 others) | £877 (joint 575th with 1 other) | £1,058 | £1,931 (250th) | £1,931 (245th) | £1,931 (239th) | £1,902 (271st) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £663 (69th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £11,071 (6th) | £197 (63rd) |
| Total | £177,517 (27th) | £152,744 (226th) | £145,345 (169th) | £139,473 | £135,762 (105th) | £129,469 (125th) | £130,919 (28th) | £92,877 (213th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,580 (36th). Rail £1,557 (380th). Misc £411 (78th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,654 (54th). Rail £3,055 (281st). Misc £411 (86th).