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Greg Mulholland
Liberal Democrat MP for Leeds North West

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Greg Mulholland voted on key issues:

    • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted against a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
    • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes

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

    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Health, Home Department, Communities and Local Government, Justice, Transport

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Incontinence: Medical Equipment, Departmental Official Hospitality, Asylum: Deportation, Care Homes, Dental Services: Leeds

    (based on written questions asked by Greg Mulholland and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Business of the House (17 May 2012)

    “Despite having the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, we continue to have Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland questions in the House, which are often dominated by English MPs asking questions provided by the Whips Office. If we are to continue with this, is it not time to have English questions, too, so that English MPs can raise questions important to the...”

    Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)

    “I agree with the hon. Lady’s point, but does she also agree that we should have a fairer system of voting for Members of both Houses of Parliament?”

    Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)

    “Does my hon. Friend think it important to remind the House and the country that we are only two years into this historic coalition Government, and considering the economic mess that we were left, it is remarkable how many positive things are in this Queen’s Speech?”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 41 written questions in the last year — 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 65.51% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 209 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payments from ComRes for participation in parliamentary panel surveys. Address: Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA:
    £75 for March-April 2011 survey. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £75 for June 2011 survey. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £75 for July 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 16 September 2011)
    £75 for December 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 10 January 2012)
    Payments from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY for opinion surveys:
    £150 received on 3 February 2012. Hours: 45 minutes. (Registered 13 February 2012)
    Payment of £250 from MGN Limited, for newspaper article on 12 July 2011. Address: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    Payments from William Reed Business Media Limited for regular column in the Morning Advertiser. Address: Broadfield Park, Crawley, RH11 9RT.
    £250 for article in September 2010. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £250 for article in October 2010. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £250 for article in December 2010. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £250 for article in February 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £250 for article in March 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £250 for article in May 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £250 for article in June 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2011)
    £250 for article in August 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 21 November 2011)
    £250 for article in September 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 21 November 2011)
    £250 for article in November 2011. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 21 November 2011)
    £250 for article in December 2011, received 16 January 2012. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 13 February 2012)
    £250 for article in February 2012, received 21 March 2012. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 21 March 2012)
    £250 for article in March 2012, received 20 April 2012. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 20 April 2012)
    4. Sponsorships
    (a)Support in the capacity as an MP
    Address of donor: 39 Ecclestone Square, London SW1V 1BX
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: a salary of £4,000 and accommodation will be provided for an intern in my parliamentary office for 10 months, October 2011-July 2012
    Date of receipt: 20 September 2011
    Date of acceptance: 3 October 2011
    Donor status: registered charity
    (Registered 10 January 2012)
    6. Overseas visits
    Address of donor: Tinghusvegúr 1-3, Postboks 208, 100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel and accommodation; total value £1,543.59
    Destination of visit: Faroe Islands
    Date of visit: 27-30 June 2011
    Purpose of visit: All-Party Parliamentary Group visit
    (Registered 27 September 2011)

    Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    Staying away from main home£22,646 (162nd) £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) £20,828 (joint 361st with 1 other) £18,824        
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Office running costs£23,980 (69th) £24,371 (63rd) £28,903 (26th) £28,064        
    Staffing costs£94,059 (358th) £84,532 (425th) £83,244 (363rd) £75,929        
    Communications Allowance£10,369 (188th) £10,010 (127th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£10,115 (195th)1 £8,873 (260th)2 £9,045 (269th)3 £5,824        
    Members' Staff Travel£390 (191st) £493 (joint 213th with 1 other) £910 (139th) £280        
    Members' Spouse Travel£81 (joint 310th with 1 other) £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£4,195 (245th) £1,642 (69th) £1,761 (121st) £1,012        
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£3,180 (214th) £5,874 (111th) £3,093 N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,174 (joint 370th with 1 other) £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) £1,082        
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0        
    Total£165,835 (118th) £157,358 (133rd) £151,647 (71st) £134,108        

    1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,470 (444th). Rail £8,273 (71st). Air £172 (147th). Other: Rail £200 (81st).

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,851 (404th). Rail £6,460 (133rd). Air £335 (133rd). Other: Rail £227 (81st).

    3 Car £2,132 (407th). 3rd party £4 (63rd). Rail £6,580 (108th). Air £327 (183rd). Other £2 (77th).