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John Mann
Labour MP for Bassetlaw
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Mann voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Trade and Industry, Health, Home Department, Treasury, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Miners' Compensation, Industrial Diseases: Compensation, Departmental Air Travel, Coal Health Claims, Freedom of Information
(based on written questions asked by John Mann and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Compensation Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Traffic Management Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Criminal Justice Bill Committee (28 out of 32)
- Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Buildings (16 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total running costs were for each building used, owned or rented in central London by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, other than buildings such as job centres intended to be used primarily for meetings with members of the public, in each of the last three financial years.”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine Tuberculosis (16 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent on testing for bovine tuberculosis in (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency in each of the last 10 years.”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Buildings (16 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total running costs were for each building used, owned or rented in central London by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies in each of the last three financial years.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 206 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 72.94% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 16–17 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") 293 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 (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 | £9,800 (515th) | £13,114 (517th) | £13,233 (526th) | £13,690 | £16,160 (452nd) | £17,551 (390th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £24,763 (58th) | £20,655 (205th) | £23,757 (130th) | £18,706 | £19,078 (219th) | £18,796 (joint 213th with 3 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £29,307 (33rd) |
| Staffing costs | £97,223 (266th) | £89,935 (231st) | £83,958 (337th) | £83,713 | £74,214 (joint 160th with 13 others) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £67,404 (joint 154th with 7 others) | £47,055 (279th) |
| Communications Allowance | £12,059 (93rd) | £9,925 (163rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,887 (202nd)1 | £9,886 (225th)2 | £8,774 (280th)3 | £9,185 | £9,904 (341st) | £9,057 (365th) | £10,041 (joint 323rd with 1 other) | £8,343 (305th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £506 (156th) | £636 (joint 162nd with 1 other) | £341 (joint 259th with 1 other) | £769 | £1,503 (119th) | £1,480 (joint 103rd with 2 others) | £738 (204th) | £379 (joint 286th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £453 (209th) | £327 (joint 255th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £44 (103rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,934 (52nd) | £1,767 (55th) | £3,473 (36th) | £3,386 | £4,661 (24th) | £3,005 (24th) | £3,590 (17th) | £3,042 (18th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,205 (45th) | £10,528 (30th) | £9,030 | £13,692 (22nd) | £9,130 (30th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,439 (43rd) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £180 | £2,000 (joint 67th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 60th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 60th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 59th with 7 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,234 (53rd) | £0 | £0 | £1,500 (joint 32nd with 4 others) |
| Total | £161,625 (174th) | £152,933 (219th) | £145,273 (170th) | £138,659 | £144,446 (48th) | £132,792 (87th) | £121,729 (128th) | £109,635 (19th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,020 (370th). Rail £6,325 (128th). Misc £512 (73rd). Other: Mileage £465 (16th). Rail £41 (138th). European £524 (98th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,222 (373rd). Rail £6,288 (142nd). Misc £66 (181st). Other: Mileage £392 (18th). Rail £42 (159th). European £876 (65th).
3 Car £2,225 (396th). Rail £4,443 (206th). Air £136 (226th). European £1,970 (9th).