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Mark Oaten
Former Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Majority: 7,476 votes. — 432nd out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Oaten voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Telephone Services (8 Apr 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 801W, on departmental telephone services, whether contracts were awarded for the provision of services relating to helplines.”
- Business of the House: Clause 9 — Duration of Act (7 Apr 2010) has video
“Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I can speed things up by putting on the record the genuine cross-party support that there is for the Bill. The Liberal Democrats are certainly delighted to see it go forward at such a pace. Many of us who have attended Inter-Parliamentary Union and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conferences throughout the world have visited countries, spoken to some...”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Telephone Services (7 Apr 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 12 November 2009, Official Report, columns 937-8W, on departmental telephone services, whether contracts were let for the provision of services relating to the helplines run by its agencies.”
More of Mark Oaten's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 295 written questions in the last year — well above 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 30.20% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 43 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 243 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 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 (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 | £20,277 (271st) | £22,993 (197th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,558 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,251 (214th) | £19,720 (joint 241st with 7 others) | £14,559 (joint 401st with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £25,817 (42nd) | £24,738 (60th) | £20,429 (joint 303rd with 1 other) | £19,991 | £19,233 (179th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £13,009 (418th) |
| Staffing costs | £92,184 (404th) | £85,778 (390th) | £87,276 (joint 156th with 7 others) | £83,909 | £74,084 (186th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £48,719 (228th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,342 (287th) | £9,606 (220th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,438 (272nd)1 | £7,221 (joint 336th with 1 other)2 | £7,019 (341st)3 | £4,684 | £8,598 (joint 391st with 1 other) | £8,180 (392nd) | £9,465 (349th) | £7,570 (341st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £76 (joint 354th with 2 others) | £633 (166th) | £0 | £326 | £174 (joint 379th with 1 other) | £106 (424th) | £62 (442nd) | £502 (246th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,607 (67th) | £926 (130th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £305 (51st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,928 (386th) | £772 (joint 329th with 1 other) | £889 (joint 320th with 1 other) | £1,543 | £1,828 (127th) | £1,587 (111th) | £2,646 (34th) | £1,908 (joint 82nd with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,607 (joint 442nd with 1 other) | £2,587 (327th) | £3,970 | £4,046 (189th) | £5,057 (115th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,332 (joint 147th with 2 others) | £1,125 (joint 205th with 11 others) | £944 | £1,938 (joint 224th with 3 others) | £1,938 (joint 220th with 3 others) | £1,938 (joint 217th with 3 others) | £1,938 (joint 207th with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,105 | £8,366 (22nd) | £0 | £0 | £4,313 (14th) |
| Total | £160,668 (189th) | £155,911 (175th) | £141,435 (253rd) | £138,030 | £139,169 (69th) | £127,691 (162nd) | £121,277 (139th) | £92,518 (222nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,270 (250th). Rail £2,727 (299th). Other: European £2,441 (9th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,563 (249th). Rail £2,892 (299th). Other: European £766 (71st).
3 Car £3,771 (261st). Rail £1,587 (373rd). European £1,661 (14th).