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Mark Harper

Conservative MP for Forest of Dean

• Shadow Minister (Disabled People), Work and Pensions (since 8 Sep 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 2,049 votes. — 562nd 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 Harper voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly 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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 10 Aug 2009)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Defence, Work and Pensions, Health, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan, Members: Correspondence, Departmental ICT, Departmental Written Questions, Departmental Internet

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Equality Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Points of Order (5 Nov 2009)

“On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. The House will know of the importance you attach to answering written questions. The Government have issued new guidance to Ministers that the reply saying that it has not been possible to answer a written question ahead of Prorogation should be used only for those questions tabled in the two weeks before Prorogation. As of last Thursday, more than 1,500...”

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)

“May we have a debate about how to measure accurately the difference in pay between men and women? In one of her other guises, the Leader of the House is always very fond of quoting just one figure, but the Office for National Statistics made it clear yesterday that pay rates are an important but complex matter, and that a range of measurements should be used. According to one of those...”

Energy and Climate Change: Power Cuts (5 Nov 2009)

“What assessment he has made of the level of risk of power cuts arising from insufficient electricity-generating capacity over the next 10 years.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 72 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 447 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 27 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
• 85 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mark Harper speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 277 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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: Mileage £1,983 (391st). Rail £4,345 (221st). Misc £355 (82nd). Other: Rail £666 (29th).

^** Car £2,373 (381st). Rail £5,806 (145th). Air £1,338 (109th).