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Chris Mole

Labour MP for Ipswich

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport (since 10 Jun 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 22 November 2001 — Byelection
• Majority: 5,332 votes. — 427th 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 Mole voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Transport, Home Department, Justice, Deputy Prime Minister

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Young People Reoffending, Military Medical Policy, Planning, Work Force Skills, Science Degrees

(based on written questions asked by Chris Mole and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Planning Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Housing Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Children Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Tax Credits Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Land Registration Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Norwich Northern Distributor Road (19 Nov 2009)

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Norwich, North (Chloe Smith) on securing this debate on the proposed Norwich northern distributor route. She is one of the newer Members of the House and, if I am not mistaken, this is the first Adjournment debate that she has secured since entering Parliament in July. However, I might caution her not to mix politics and football, which can be unwise. I...”

Business, Innovation and Skills: First Capital Connect (12 Nov 2009)

“The action by drivers on First Capital Connect appears to be co-ordinated, and given that talks are continuing, it is highly regrettable. Passengers are being seriously inconvenienced and we urge all parties to resolve this unacceptable situation as soon as possible. Concerted action to stop trains running is irresponsible, but train companies need to ensure that their staffing arrangements...”

Business, Innovation and Skills: First Capital Connect (12 Nov 2009)

“As I said in my response to the hon. Lady's urgent question, the franchise agreement with First Capital Connect requires the company to use reasonable endeavours to run a full service. As I said, we are monitoring that situation daily. The change to the timetable requires agreement, which has been given on a day-by-day basis. First Capital Connect is being asked to justify the level of...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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 91% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
• 67 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Chris Mole speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 72 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £3,645 (254th).

^** Rail £3,151 (256th).