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George Mudie
Labour MP for Leeds East
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How George Mudie voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum, Leave to Remain, Education (Leeds), Illegal Immigration, Visas
(based on written questions asked by George Mudie and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
- Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Before I begin my remarks on the Queen’s Speech, I should like to compliment my right hon. Friend the Member for South Shields (David Miliband) on his very good speech. We all have opinions, but to put the facts in such a clear fashion that cannot be argued with proves why he is a loss sitting on the Back Benches. I am not a natural supporter of his, as he knows, but the Front Bench is...”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“As a member of the Treasury Committee, I can tell my hon. Friend that we argue every month with the Governor of the Bank of England and appeal to him to do something about the banks, which are not lending to small businesses at the level that they promised and have been allowed to get away with it without any complaint from the Government. If Government Members think that it is partisan to...”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Corporation Tax (30 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many FTSE 100 companies paid less than 15 per cent corporation tax in each of the last five years.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61.86% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 166 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | £8,502 (534th) | £9,635 (559th) | £14,601 (511th) | £19,534 | £18,271 (389th) | £15,358 (463rd) | £19,600 (joint 301st with 2 others) | £15,800 (214th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,475 (244th) | £19,648 (261st) | £17,355 (502nd) | £19,521 | £18,359 (332nd) | £18,469 (413th) | £18,215 (joint 248th with 2 others) | £13,820 (387th) |
| Staffing costs | £97,008 (271st) | £92,025 (124th) | £90,361 (67th) | £84,560 | £67,419 (466th) | £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £48,523 (234th) |
| Communications Allowance | £331 (590th) | £9,182 (267th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,117 (284th)1 | £12,281 (joint 138th with 1 other)2 | £10,738 (185th)3 | £9,518 | £12,724 (243rd) | £14,738 (156th) | £12,383 (228th) | £7,594 (340th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £665 (115th) | £665 (154th) | £2,221 (33rd) | £1,973 | £1,821 (90th) | £1,555 (94th) | £1,419 (102nd) | £1,623 (62nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £371 (joint 225th with 1 other) | £667 (joint 169th 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 | £6,914 (joint 55th with 1 other) | £1,171 (168th) | £1,256 (207th) | £1,246 | £872 (334th) | £1,182 (192nd) | £1,084 (joint 299th with 2 others) | £1,057 (301st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,627 (166th) | £3,390 (239th) | £4,052 | £1,677 (463rd) | £3,238 (239th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,238 (joint 275th with 1 other) | £1,008 (joint 410th with 5 others) | £0 | £1,883 (joint 336th with 4 others) | £1,883 (joint 329th with 4 others) | £1,883 (joint 323rd with 4 others) | £1,883 (joint 304th with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £1,734 (71st) | £0 | £0 | £5,256 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5,908 (9th) |
| Total | £143,117 (405th) | £150,139 (266th) | £140,930 (261st) | £145,660 | £123,026 (328th) | £120,696 (297th) | £116,564 (245th) | £96,208 (140th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,916 (380th). Rail £5,366 (166th). Misc £835 (45th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,591 (151st). Rail £6,439 (136th). Air £735 (107th). Misc £516 (67th).
3 Car £5,432 (117th). Rail £4,810 (184th). Air £496 (154th).