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Mark Hoban
Conservative MP for Fareham
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Hoban voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Education and Skills, Health, Home Department, Duchy of Lancaster
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental ICT, Departmental Training, Departmental Pay, Departmental Marketing, Departmental Public Participation
(based on written questions asked by Mark Hoban and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Finance Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Banking Bill Committee (15 out of 17)
- Finance Bill Committee (18 out of 24)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
- Education Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- School Transport Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Communications Bill Committee (25 out of 25)
- Licensing Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Tax Credits Committee (1 out of 2)
- Land Registration Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Council Tax Benefits (21 May 2013)
“Council tax benefit expenditure for 2011-12 by local authority is in the table entitled "Tables showing benefit expenditure by country, region and local authority from 2000-01 to 2011-12" which can be accessed via the following URL: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/index.php?page=expenditu re Note: The breakdown of CTB expenditure is based on a combination of statistical data and local...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus: Walthamstow (21 May 2013)
“The Department does not have league tables for sanction referrals. On 15 May 2013, the Department published, down to office level, the data on referrals and outcomes since 2001 and this information can be found at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=adhoc_analysis ”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobseeker's Allowance: Scotland (21 May 2013)
“Statistics on how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Glasgow East constituency and (b) Scotland have (i) received a sanction and (ii) received a sanction and disputed it in each of the last five years; and how many such claimants had a sanction overturned as a result of it being reconsidered or appealed in the last five years are given in the following tables: Number(1) of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- 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 79.16% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 904 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £18,465 (345th) | £21,280 (327th) | £19,788 (397th) | £21,545 | £20,049 (303rd) | £19,969 (256th) | £18,435 (398th) | £17,634 (73rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £9,809 (580th) | £15,979 (431st) | £18,493 (456th) | £20,000 | £19,259 (joint 172nd with 1 other) | £18,498 (407th) | £16,090 (515th) | £35,377 (14th) |
| Staffing costs | £99,170 (192nd) | £85,250 (409th) | £89,170 (85th) | £76,721 | £67,734 (456th) | £66,660 (387th) | £65,301 (278th) | £38,702 (535th) |
| Communications Allowance | £12,299 (82nd) | £8,786 (290th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,209 (435th)1 | £5,792 (414th)2 | £5,228 (456th)3 | £4,662 | £9,619 (347th) | £5,996 (482nd) | £5,800 (495th) | £4,525 (489th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £146 (315th) | £58 (joint 402nd with 1 other) | £110 (joint 372nd with 1 other) | £121 | £356 (310th) | £237 (352nd) | £127 (407th) | £292 (317th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,732 (59th) | £1,543 (84th) | 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 | £4,085 (254th) | £1,010 (220th) | £1,034 (269th) | £875 | £1,012 (283rd) | £712 (joint 400th with 1 other) | £705 (joint 468th with 2 others) | £1,086 (299th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,799 (151st) | £4,113 (189th) | £3,635 | £2,840 (288th) | £2,742 (joint 297th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,139 (joint 432nd with 1 other) | £970 (466th) | £0 | £1,967 (146th) | £1,967 (joint 139th with 1 other) | £1,967 (138th) | £1,967 (132nd) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £150,914 (318th) | £144,636 (356th) | £138,906 (302nd) | £127,559 | £122,836 (337th) | £116,781 (379th) | £108,425 (430th) | £99,583 (99th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,162 (173rd). Rail £48 (576th). Other: Rail £999 (18th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,145 (194th). Rail £315 (516th). Other: Rail £910 (22nd). European £422 (114th).
