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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 very 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
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, Departmental Written Questions, Members: Correspondence, Departmental ICT, 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
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the average waiting time was between the making of a claim for employment and support allowance by a person diagnosed with a terminal illness and the placing of that person in the Support Group in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such claims had not been determined within 13 weeks of the claim in...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of employment and support allowance who have a diagnosis of terminal cancer or other terminal illness have been moved from the Work Related Activity Group to the Support Group for the latest period for which information is available; and for how many weeks the affected claimants received the lower rate of employment and...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1278W, on employment and support allowance, when she expects to publish details of the strategy to migrate existing claimants from incapacity benefit to Employment and Support Allowance.”
More of Mark Harper's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 86 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 324 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (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 28 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.
- 90 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mark Harper speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 320 times in debates — 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,481 (115th) | £22,978 (202nd) | £21,741 (289th) | £21,191 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,405 (248th) | £21,262 (160th) | £25,288 (92nd) | £27,524 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £102,519 (93rd) | £84,265 (431st) | £78,112 (498th) | £68,346 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £8,243 (357th) | £9,362 (247th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,864 (249th)3 | £7,349 (331st)2 | £9,517 (239th)1 | £7,469 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £131 (321st) | £0 | £59 (406th) | £217 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,789 (54th) | £1,638 (80th) | 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 | £6,507 (87th) | £772 (joint 329th with 1 other) | £929 (joint 304th with 1 other) | £952 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,961 (242nd) | £1,670 (464th) | £3,375 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £976 (590th) | £898 (joint 566th with 1 other) | £898 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £170,938 (71st) | £151,563 (246th) | £138,214 (316th) | £129,972 |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,983 (391st). Rail £4,345 (221st). Misc £355 (82nd). Other: Rail £666 (29th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,792 (393rd). Rail £5,666 (155th). Misc £498 (75th). Other: Mileage £382 (20th). Rail £526 (41st).
1 Car £2,373 (381st). Rail £5,806 (145th). Air £1,338 (109th).