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Mark Hunter
Liberal Democrat MP for Cheadle
- Assistant Whip, House of Commons (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 15 July 2005 — Byelection
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Hunter voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against 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 moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Transport, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Children, Schools and Families
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prostate Cancer, Driving Offences: Insurance, Police: Road Traffic, Driving Offences, Roads: Safety
(based on written questions asked by Mark Hunter and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Fraud Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (13 out of 22)
Most recent appearances
- Communities and Local Government (20 Dec 2011)
“I am conscious that it is a privilege as well as a duty to wind up a debate for the Government from the Dispatch Box on any subject. Having spent some 18 years as a local councillor myself, including three years as leader of Stockport council, before being elected to this place, winding up a debate on local government issues today is a special honour for me. Members on both sides of the House...”
- Transport (North West) (7 Apr 2010)
“It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate under your chairmanship, Mr. Howarth. I compliment the hon. Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle) on securing the debate, which I am sure is of great interest to his constituents, just as it is to mine. He referred to the debate a few days ago on high-speed rail, to which a number of us present today were lucky enough to...”
- Transport (North West) (7 Apr 2010)
“The hon. Gentleman will understand that I find that temptation utterly resistible. I am happy to confirm that the earlier part of his jibe is fallacious. I will give him a further example. Liberal Democrat-led Stockport council has this year put an additional £2 million into its road repair budget. I hope that he will consider further the point that he made. There is potential for...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- 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 84.67% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 108 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 | £20,021 (281st) | £19,789 (395th) | £20,134 (382nd) | £13,921 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £17,044 (352nd) | £18,445 (322nd) | £20,458 (285th) | £15,193 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £98,646 (208th) | £90,316 (209th) | £89,518 (79th) | £60,479 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,855 (137th) | £7,396 (362nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,936 (294th)1 | £6,700 (367th)2 | £7,752 (311th)3 | £4,509 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £269 (joint 255th with 1 other) | £220 (315th) | £502 (221st) | £492 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £207 (280th) | £199 (297th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £136 (76th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,456 (219th) | £1,410 (110th) | £2,444 (66th) | £251 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,422 (185th) | £5,915 (108th) | £935 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,048 (joint 542nd with 1 other) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £211 | ||||
| Total | £159,434 (203rd) | £149,081 (284th) | £147,653 (123rd) | £96,921 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £886 (505th). Rail £6,223 (135th). Air £155 (151st). Other: European £672 (80th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,159 (504th). Rail £5,524 (164th). Other: Rail £17 (185th).
3 Car £1,200 (516th). Rail £6,278 (120th). Air £274 (194th).