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Mark Durkan
Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for Foyle, Former Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Foyle
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
- Left the Assembly on 9 November 2010 — Resigned
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Durkan voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. 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 moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Northern Ireland, Home Department, International Development, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): HIV/AIDS, Pensioners, Civil Service, Housing, Interuterine Insemination
(based on written questions asked by Mark Durkan and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (20 out of 22)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“Like the hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Stephen Barclay), I shall address areas in which we need to proof and improve the Bill before it goes to another place. I first want to express support for the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) in respect of consumer credit protection. Not only lenders of consumer credit should be under the FCA, but debt collectors, brokers,...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“The hon. Gentleman has more confidence in the extensive effect that he expects from the competition requirement. I believe that that should be complemented by this other insertion in the Bill. During pre-legislative scrutiny—about which we heard earlier—the Joint Committee heard that the Bill was unbalanced. On the one hand, it enshrines the principle that consumers are...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“Is the power to direct, to which the Chancellor has referred, contingent on the Governor of the Bank of England formally advising the Chancellor of a material risk, or could the Chancellor exercise that power to direct on the basis of his own concerns, which may have been conveyed to him from the industry, Parliament or any other intelligence? The Bank might be loth to advise the Chancellor...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 87 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 12 written questions in the last year — below 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 60.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below 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 18–19 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") 307 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £18,809 (335th) | £20,796 (358th) | £21,190 (336th) | £18,105 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £23,831 (72nd) | £21,882 (114th) | £21,604 (joint 201st with 1 other) | £25,787 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £91,435 (424th) | £85,326 (406th) | £82,963 (373rd) | £71,595 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £8,854 (315th) | £6,841 (380th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,254 (131st)1 | £10,615 (202nd)2 | £12,179 (125th)3 | £10,884 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £305 (joint 237th with 1 other) | £661 (155th) | £244 (joint 307th with 2 others) | £2,075 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,116 (106th) | £661 (172nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £526 (32nd) | £601 (34th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,388 (583rd) | £237 (611th) | £313 (602nd) | £340 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £545 (610th) | £1,284 (540th) | £426 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,199 (joint 326th with 5 others) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £158,517 (218th) | £149,364 (280th) | £140,859 (265th) | £130,294 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,818 (391st). Rail £933 (466th). Air £9,448 (43rd). Misc £55 (195th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,721 (422nd). Rail £707 (471st). Air £8,125 (58th). Misc £62 (185th).
3 Car £2,423 (374th). Rail £1,336 (396th). Air £8,420 (57th).