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Mark Fisher
Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
- Majority: 9,774 votes. — 77th 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 Fisher voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Culture Media and Sport, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Identity Cards, Police, Sevso Treasure, Child Support Agency, Education Maintenance Allowance
(based on written questions asked by Mark Fisher and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Patents Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (7 Jan 2010) has video
“Returning to the Wright Committee, do we take it that when the Leader of House says that the House will have the opportunity to decide on its report, she is saying that there will definitely be a substantive motion on which the House will have the opportunity to vote? I hope that that substantive motion will be, as the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath) said, on the draft...”
- House of Commons Reform (15 Dec 2009)
“This debate will focus on the excellent report produce d by my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright). Sadly, he cannot be here today because he is chairing a meeting of the Public Administration Committee; we would have benefited from his contribution. Credit for setting up the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons should go to the Prime Minister and the Leader...”
- House of Commons Reform (15 Dec 2009)
“I shall come to that later, but of course the hon. Gentleman is right. Nevertheless, pending what happens to the report, the Government deserve some credit. We have been hoping for and arguing for such a report for the 26 years during which I have been a Member of the House. We have taken some steps forward, but as the hon. Gentleman said, now is the crucial moment. Will we see the report...”
More of Mark Fisher's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations 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.
- 84 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mark Fisher speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 513 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 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 | £20,063 (279th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £16,524 (477th) | £9,441 | £6,891 (593rd) | £11,324 (548th) | £17,932 (438th) | £14,773 (381st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £7,332 (620th) | £8,211 (612th) | £7,081 (636th) | £7,562 | £5,242 (645th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £17,925 (385th) | £7,932 (577th) |
| Staffing costs | £74,665 (601st) | £99,814 (19th) | £95,941 (16th) | £86,407 | £79,597 (49th) | £71,531 (148th) | £65,212 (joint 291st with 1 other) | £60,543 (19th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,465 (280th) | £5,940 (417th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,389 (275th)3 | £8,064 (294th)2 | £6,317 (381st)1 | £5,993 | £11,095 (301st) | £10,073 (321st) | £10,923 (288th) | £8,263 (310th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £322 (joint 224th with 3 others) | £240 (300th) | £244 (joint 307th with 2 others) | £0 | £219 (joint 359th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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 | £1,525 (joint 575th with 1 other) | £493 (joint 496th with 1 other) | £658 (joint 435th with 1 other) | £352 | £355 (571st) | £556 (joint 481st with 1 other) | £1,113 (joint 285th with 1 other) | £616 (502nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £600 (603rd) | £2,038 (joint 408th with 1 other) | £808 | £1,576 (481st) | £1,829 (joint 443rd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,219 (joint 296th with 4 others) | £1,157 (169th) | £0 | £1,966 (joint 147th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 141st with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 139th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 133rd with 14 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £121,761 (588th) | £147,664 (309th) | £129,960 (451st) | £110,563 | £106,941 (578th) | £116,078 (390th) | £115,071 (279th) | £94,093 (188th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,816 (30th). Rail £1,248 (405th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,248 (161st). Rail £4,141 (231st).