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Mark Pritchard
Conservative MP for The Wrekin
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Pritchard voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Training, Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Abortion, China, Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
(based on written questions asked by Mark Pritchard and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Pensions Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“I welcome the measures set out in the Queen’s Speech to address jobs and growth, particularly the banking reform Bill and the enterprise and regulatory reform Bill. I also welcome the rise in employment announced yesterday, and I hope we will see a rise in full-time as well as part-time employment next month. The Government are doing a lot to address long-term unemployment among the...”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Given the right hon. Gentleman’s closeness to the new French President Mr Hollande and given that the shadow Chancellor mentioned the top rate of tax, does he think that the dash for growth will be enhanced or hindered by the introduction of a 75p top rate?”
- Sittings of the House (1 May): Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords] (30 Apr 2012)
“I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, and I have a lot of sympathy with the comments that the hon. Member for Telford (David Wright) made. Some moments ago, the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stortford (Mr Prisk) gave a commitment that the legislation would not go beyond September. However, that commitment appeared to be a personal...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 95 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 68.80% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 41 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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") 223 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £21,499 (joint 312th with 1 other) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £20,318 (201st) | £21,708 (118th) | £25,416 (87th) | £24,061 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £88,109 (478th) | £76,797 (569th) | £82,275 (394th) | £75,345 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £21,269 (7th) | £18,499 (8th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,175 (106th)1 | £13,782 (109th)2 | £12,832 (117th)3 | £8,885 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £123 (joint 328th with 1 other) | £43 (415th) | £79 (390th) | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £1,251 (106th) | 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 | £5,996 (121st) | £1,220 (146th) | £1,997 (99th) | £995 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,341 (121st) | £6,537 (90th) | £3,809 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,103 (joint 492nd with 1 other) | £1,089 (joint 269th with 4 others) | £1,089 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £172,997 (57th) | £161,827 (77th) | £151,724 (70th) | £135,818 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,316 (150th). Rail £2,312 (329th). Air £3,462 (73rd). Misc £759 (53rd). Other: Mileage £55 (69th). European £2,271 (11th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,996 (218th). Rail £4,881 (187th). Misc £205 (118th). Other: Mileage £298 (22nd). Rail £92 (122nd). Air £363 (16th). European £3,947 (1st).
3 Car £2,908 (329th). Rail £8,273 (62nd). European £1,651 (15th).