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Mark Hunter

Liberal Democrat MP for Cheadle

• Shadow Transport Minister; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader (since 8 Jan 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 15 July 2005 — Byelection
• Majority: 3,657 votes. — 471st out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Mark Hunter voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Transport, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, International Development

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prostate Cancer, Driving Offences: Insurance, Police: Road Traffic, Driving Under Influence: Drugs, Police

(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 n/a)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Fraud Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

“The increasing frequency of inter-city services is a double-sided coin. As hon. Members said, it has had a negative impact on local commuter services in and out of cities such as Manchester, because the same services criss-cross the same track. Three trains an hour between Manchester and London is great, but does the Minister recognise that has had a negative impact on our local commuter...”

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

“It is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to contribute under your chairmanship, Mr. Hood. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hillsborough (Ms Smith) on obtaining this timely debate. As I failed to catch Mr. Speaker's eye at Transport questions last week, let me also take this opportunity to welcome the Minister to his post. I want to start my remarks with today's news. I...”

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

“I shall come to the hon. Gentleman's point about older carriages in a moment. The number of rail commuters on local services has increased at more than twice the London rate; 60 per cent. of all peak-time trains in Leeds, and more than 50 per cent. in Manchester, have space for standing only. Do the Government have any evidence to suggest that the carriages are no longer needed, and will the...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 81 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 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.
• 85 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mark Hunter speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 94 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,159 (504th). Rail £5,524 (164th). Other: Rail £17 (185th).

^** Car £1,200 (516th). Rail £6,278 (120th). Air £274 (194th).