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Chris Mullin
Labour MP for Sunderland South
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Majority: 11,059 votes. — 68th 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 Mullin voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly 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 strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very 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 very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for 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
Select Committee membership
- Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (since 10 Aug 2009)
- Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (since 18 Jan 2006)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Iraq, Sudan: War Crimes
(based on written questions asked by Chris Mullin and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Fraud Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- International Development Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Homes Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)
“My hon. Friend makes a powerful case for the direction of travel that the Government have taken over the years. May I ask him to address the question of compulsion versus voluntary codes? That was one of the main points that I was trying to make.”
- Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)
“Is not the evidence so far that voluntary measures do not really work? I mentioned the fact that, so far, only 40 of 468 local authorities have gone cage-free. Good though that is, it is very slow progress. I come back to the evaluation to which, I think, my hon. Friend speedily referred. That evaluation by Deloitte—if that is what he was referring to—said that "Take up of the...”
- Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)
“The hon. Gentleman is making a perfectly reasonable point, but I urge him not to be too hard on the measure that his Government introduced many years ago. It is just possible that it was one of the things that forced the generally somnambulant EU into trying to ban tethers across the region, although I appreciate that it is taking a frustratingly long time to introduce the ban.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 83% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 78 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Chris Mullin speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 638 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 28 Oct 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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £12,942 (521st) | £13,591 (521st) | £20,004 | £4,172 (601st) | £6,888 (598th) | £6,714 (607th) | £9,656 (566th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,255 (joint 107th) | £0 | £347 (116th) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £18,110 (341st) | £11,807 (603rd) | £10,396 | £11,487 (588th) | £10,862 (627th) | £11,043 (612th) | £7,975 (575th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £87,528 (330th) | £81,341 (416th) | £81,819 | £66,458 (joint 496th) | £64,034 (510th) | £61,939 (439th) | £44,395 (387th) |
| Communications Allowance | £1,519 (567th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,473 (440th)* | £5,633 (424th)** | £4,927 | £5,465 (520th) | £8,724 (374th) | £3,553 (579th) | £4,236 (502nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £112 (joint 369th) | £0 | £0 | £528 (272nd) | £508 (267th) | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £99 (joint 328th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £430 (joint 530th) | £540 (joint 516th) | £353 | £529 (484th) | £406 (560th) | £529 (559th) | £659 (joint 486th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,149 (544th) | £1,507 (497th) | £649 | £2,364 (353rd) | £1,051 (joint 555th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,050 (joint 539th) | £937 (joint 502nd) | £493 | £1,500 (575th) | £1,500 (559th) | £1,500 (538th) | £1,007 (559th) |
| Other Costs | £1,169 (71st) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £129,581 (535th) | £115,356 (583rd) | £118,641 | £94,121 (636th) | £95,228 (616th) | £85,278 (633rd) | £68,275 (611th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £567 (556th). Rail £4,649 (197th). Air £202 (143rd). Other: Rail £55 (150th).