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Mark Hoban
Conservative MP for Fareham

  • Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Mark Hoban voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. 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 a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. 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 strongly against the hunting ban. votes

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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)

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Written Answers — Treasury: Mortgages (2 Feb 2012)

“The Government are committed to reducing the burden of debt built up before the crisis. In the short-term it is also important that household spending supports recovery in the economy. This will encourage employment and economic growth and will contribute to stronger income and aid the transition to a lower long-term debt burden. The Government's tough action on the deficit will support this...”

Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Schedule 7) (2 Feb 2012)

“Paragraph 38 of Schedule 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 requires the Treasury to report to Parliament after each calendar year in which a direction under the schedule is at any time in force. This report provides details of the Treasury’s exercise of their functions under schedule 7 during the calendar year 2011. The Schedule 7 powers Schedule 7 provides HM Treasury with powers to...”

Written Answers — Treasury: Bank of Ireland (31 Jan 2012)

“holding answer 8 November 2011 Treasury Ministers and officials meet senior members of the Financial Services Authority on a regular basis to discuss a wide range of economic and financial issues. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of such meetings.”

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  • Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — 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 78.84% 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") 727 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Chartered accountant (non-practising).
4. Sponsorships
(a)Donations to the constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by the party to the Electoral Commission:
Name of donor: Mr and Mrs Harry Kewish
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,198
Donor status: individual
(Registered 4 November 2010)
Name of donor: Mr and Mrs Harry Kewish
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £936
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 September 2011)

Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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).

3 Car £4,194 (216th). Rail £339 (499th). Air £695 (132nd).