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Mark Field

Conservative MP for Cities of London & Westminster

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 8,095 votes. — 242nd out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Mark Field voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Procedure Committee (since 20 May 2008)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Home Department, Health, Trade and Industry

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Libraries, Accreditation, United Kingdom Accreditation Service, Government Office for London, Licensing Act

(based on written questions asked by Mark Field and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Housing Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Licensing Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (38 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2009)

“I am glad that the Minister has confirmed what I said earlier: hedge funds and alternative assets played no fundamental part in the credit crunch and the financial problems. But the suggestion that the EU will now have much more international influence surely is undermined by what has happened, because it is clear that it was not economic or financial issues at stake, but the raw politics,...”

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2009)

“Thank you, Mr. Olner. I am always aware that I am barely a householder in my own home, let alone anywhere else. It is a great pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory), who made a sensible contribution to the debate. As he rightly said, the issue of financial services regulation is of great importance. One concern in the midst of many people's...”

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2009)

“I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend's comments on the directive. Will he confirm in front of the Minister that the financial crisis of the last two years has never been a crisis of asset management, which is what is being proposed here? Furthermore, on international competition and protectionism, the biggest worry is that some of the brightest and best in Europe will go elsewhere,...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 65 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 16 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
• 171 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mark Field speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 363 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £928 (445th). Other: Rail £15 (190th).

^** 3rd party £152 (28th). Rail £14 (577th). Other £888 (29th).