• Labour MP for Ayrshire North & Arran
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 11,296 votes. — 175th out of 631 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
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• Register of Members’ Interests
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

How Katy Clark voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (since 18 Jul 2006)
• Member, Procedure Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Scotland, Education and Skills, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): National Minimum Wage, Agency Staff, Equal Pay, Departmental Staff, Faslane

(based on written questions asked by Katy Clark and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Defence: Trident: Scotland (21 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of civilian jobs in Scotland dependent on the Trident programme; what the locations are of those jobs; and how many there are at each site.”

Orders of the Day: Employment Bill [Lords] (14 Jul 2008)

“The hon. Gentleman will be aware that a great deal of work has been done by Labour Members, and by the trade union movement, to campaign for fair employment rights for agency workers. Does he support that?”

Orders of the Day: Employment Bill [Lords] (14 Jul 2008)

“The question that the hon. Gentleman is being asked is whether he supports the discrimination that takes place against agency workers, who do not get the same sick pay, holiday pay or other entitlements as other workers doing the same job. Will he respond to that?”

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 86% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 comment on this MP's speeches — well 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.
• 81 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Katy Clark speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 35 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £4,567 (186th). Rail £1,159 (404th). Air £7,572 (64th). Other £257 (43rd).