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Gordon Marsden
Labour MP for Blackpool South
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gordon Marsden voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Health, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Regional Growth Fund, Apprentices, Government Auctions, Special Educational Needs, Casino Advisory Panel
(based on written questions asked by Gordon Marsden and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Education and Skills Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
- European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Land Registration Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Opposition Day: [Un-Allotted Half Day] — Banking (Responsibility and Reform) (7 Feb 2012)
“What were you saying about it at the time?”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the funding allocated for further education student loans will limit the number of students aged 24 or above who wish to study a level three or above qualification that can be recruited by further education providers.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the total amount of further education (FE) loans and interest on those loans a FE student will repay if they take out the maximum available FE student loan in 2013-14 and earn (a) £21,000, (b) £25,000, (c) £30,000 and (d) £35,000 per year until the loan is repaid.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 166 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 71.15% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 190 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 | £8,959 (528th) | £9,739 (556th) | £9,010 (568th) | £7,828 | £9,351 (572nd) | £7,672 (594th) | £7,682 (604th) | £6,614 (599th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,132 (304th) | £18,680 (309th) | £23,028 (155th) | £21,425 | £17,098 (408th) | £17,073 (526th) | £16,627 (499th) | £22,387 (111th) |
| Staffing costs | £104,266 (64th) | £93,164 (97th) | £77,107 (520th) | £76,174 | £72,537 (234th) | £67,708 (344th) | £59,672 (534th) | £35,633 (584th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,400 (joint 166th with 5 others) | £10,000 (joint 130th with 10 others) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,658 (56th)1 | £13,817 (107th)2 | £13,502 (103rd)3 | £14,330 | £14,291 (165th) | £15,000 (148th) | £12,631 (joint 218th with 1 other) | £9,956 (225th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £33 (joint 400th with 1 other) | £475 (220th) | £109 (joint 374th with 1 other) | £0 | £193 (370th) | £107 (joint 422nd with 1 other) | £702 (211th) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £6,587 (77th) | £667 (381st) | £819 (357th) | £917 | £1,264 (216th) | £503 (508th) | £2,265 (53rd) | £1,610 (137th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,413 (310th) | £2,631 (319th) | £2,565 | £3,221 (242nd) | £1,329 (511th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,436 (45th) | £1,200 (joint 118th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,907 (joint 286th with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 282nd with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 279th with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 262nd with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £1,909 (56th) | £0 | £0 | £373 (95th) | £2,776 (41st) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £164,035 (139th) | £152,300 (233rd) | £127,406 (492nd) | £123,239 | £120,235 (395th) | £114,075 (442nd) | £101,486 (526th) | £78,107 (510th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £5,392 (165th). Air £10,266 (32nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £3,867 (247th). Air £9,367 (47th). Other: European £583 (95th).