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Greg Mulholland
Liberal Democrat MP for Leeds North West
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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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
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
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)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- 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
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).