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Katy Clark
Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Katy Clark voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. 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 for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Defence, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Animal Experiments: Scotland, National Minimum Wage, Agency Staff, Industrial Health and Safety, Equal Pay
(based on written questions asked by Katy Clark and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Pensions Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Chairman, London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
- Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (8 Feb 2012)
“Fifteen thousand young disabled people will be affected by the changes to contributory employment support allowance. The worst 10%—1,500 new claimants —will lose £4,900 a year. Is this the Government of values that the Prime Minister spoke about in May 2010?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 53 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 100 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 106 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 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 | £17,700 (366th) | £16,661 (468th) | £21,453 (315th) | £5,762 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £24,432 (63rd) | £23,778 (joint 69th with 1 other) | £23,499 (139th) | £20,328 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £88,278 (476th) | £87,140 (341st) | £90,814 (56th) | £75,141 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £9,023 (joint 308th with 1 other) | £9,772 (joint 192nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,026 (160th)1 | £14,410 (90th)2 | £13,555 (100th)3 | £12,012 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £960 (81st) | £2,073 (25th) | £1,452 (73rd) | £638 | ||||
| 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 | £5,520 (146th) | £494 (495th) | £675 (426th) | £940 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,335 (504th) | £4,220 (181st) | £3,898 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,189 (344th) | £1,099 (joint 242nd with 5 others) | £1,099 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £156,938 (240th) | £156,852 (148th) | £156,767 (40th) | £119,818 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,764 (394th). Rail £2,238 (333rd). Air £6,169 (61st). Misc £855 (44th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,515 (459th). Rail £2,026 (349th). Air £8,986 (51st). Misc £1,883 (9th).
3 Car £4,567 (186th). Rail £1,159 (404th). Air £7,572 (64th). Other £257 (43rd).