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Mark Prisk
Conservative MP for Hertford and Stortford
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Prisk voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. 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 equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. 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 very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Trade and Industry, Communities and Local Government, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, Departmental IT, Christmas, IT Projects, Stamp Duty Land Tax
(based on written questions asked by Mark Prisk and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (15 out of 17)
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
- National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 21)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
- Employment Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
- Commonwealth Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Mortgages: Government Assistance (21 May 2013)
“I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government. This Government believes that housing and planning polices should reflect the wide range of circumstances and lifestyle choices relevant to older people today. All applicants for the Help to Buy equity loan scheme must take out a mortgage. This requirement is in place as the Homes and Communities...”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Homelessness: Asylum (21 May 2013)
“The Department does not collect the information requested.”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Right to Buy Scheme: Romford (21 May 2013)
“Data on the sales of local authority properties through the Right to Buy scheme are not available at constituency level. Figures are available at local authority level and can be found in Tables 691 (quarterly data) and 685 (annual data) here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tab les-on-social-housing-sales The figures show that there were 95 sales through the Right to...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — well 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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.81% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 447 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 (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 | £17,069 (383rd) | £20,733 (364th) | £16,441 (479th) | £17,826 | £20,628 (265th) | £20,231 (joint 220th with 1 other) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,710 (105th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £23,693 (73rd) | £18,120 (340th) | £20,416 (joint 310th with 3 others) | £17,302 | £14,530 (505th) | £17,197 (520th) | £16,767 (491st) | £15,626 (331st) |
| Staffing costs | £96,610 (282nd) | £92,176 (121st) | £84,034 (334th) | £67,145 | £72,108 (254th) | £69,795 (196th) | £68,347 (143rd) | £61,314 (13th) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,079 (473rd) | £7,654 (344th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,472 (475th)1 | £5,061 (462nd)2 | £4,223 (505th)3 | £2,691 | £3,192 (586th) | £3,803 (566th) | £3,889 (564th) | £4,953 (joint 470th with 1 other) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £46 (joint 384th with 1 other) | £114 (367th) | £105 (joint 377th with 1 other) | £11 | £18 (joint 460th with 1 other) | £0 | £0 | £20 (456th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £2,835 (400th) | £433 (528th) | £710 (411th) | £611 | £732 (389th) | £560 (477th) | £1,327 (208th) | £961 (347th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,645 (435th) | £1,190 (554th) | £1,497 | £1,363 (518th) | £1,226 (joint 525th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,156 (joint 406th with 3 others) | £893 (569th) | £750 | £2,006 (62nd) | £1,945 (joint 199th with 6 others) | £1,945 (joint 196th with 6 others) | £1,945 (joint 186th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £1,173 (81st) | £103 (87th) | £364 (77th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £150,978 (315th) | £147,195 (316th) | £128,376 (478th) | £107,833 | £114,577 (496th) | £114,757 (424th) | £111,997 (353rd) | £101,529 (71st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,403 (323rd). Rail £41 (577th). Misc £4 (257th). Other: Mileage £978 (5th). Rail £667 (32nd). European £379 (112th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,678 (323rd). Rail £30 (577th). Other: Mileage £1,130 (3rd). Rail £758 (28th). European £465 (108th).
3 Car £2,668 (351st). Rail £979 (421st). European £576 (79th).