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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. — 76th 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 for 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 (29 Oct 2009) has video
“Can the Leader of the House tell us whether a bribery Bill will be included in the Queen's Speech and receive a Second Reading soon afterwards? She will recall that it was considered in draft in April and received widespread support from all parties. Will she find time for it to be concluded?”
- Business of the House (20 Jul 2009) has video
“I congratulate the Government on at last giving us time to discuss this vital Committee. I also congratulate them and the House on setting up the Committee and on choosing an extremely good Chair, who I believe has the support of all parts of the House, and an excellent membership of people with a great deal of interest in, and experience and knowledge of, these matters. The matters that we...”
- Business of the House (16 Jul 2009) has video
“The Leader of the House has asked us to have confidence that she will schedule the debate, which so many Members on both sides of the House want, on the Committee to be chaired by my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright). We do have confidence in her, of course, but it is extraordinary that she should announce the business for next week without having announced when that...”
More of Mark Fisher's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 10 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 72% 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 505 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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £16,524 (477th) | £9,441 | £6,891 (593rd) | £11,324 (548th) | £17,932 (438th) | £14,773 (381st) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £8,211 (612th) | £7,081 (636th) | £7,562 | £5,242 (645th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £17,925 (385th) | £7,932 (577th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £99,814 (19th) | £95,941 (16th) | £86,407 | £79,597 (49th) | £71,531 (148th) | £65,212 (joint 291st) | £60,543 (19th) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,940 (417th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,064 (294th)* | £6,317 (381st)** | £5,993 | £11,095 (301st) | £10,073 (321st) | £10,923 (288th) | £8,263 (310th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £240 (300th) | £244 (joint 307th) | £0 | £219 (joint 359th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £493 (joint 496th) | £658 (joint 435th) | £352 | £355 (571st) | £556 (joint 481st) | £1,113 (joint 285th) | £616 (502nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £600 (603rd) | £2,038 (joint 408th) | £808 | £1,576 (481st) | £1,829 (joint 443rd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,219 (joint 296th) | £1,157 (169th) | £0 | £1,966 (joint 147th) | £1,966 (joint 141st) | £1,966 (joint 139th) | £1,966 (joint 133rd) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £147,664 (309th) | £129,960 (451st) | £110,563 | £106,941 (578th) | £116,078 (390th) | £115,071 (279th) | £94,093 (188th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,816 (30th). Rail £1,248 (405th).