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Mark Pritchard
Conservative MP for The Wrekin
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Pritchard voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. 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: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Training, Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Abortion, China, Animal Welfare: Circuses
(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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Colombia (18 Jun 2013)
“Is it not the case that under both President Uribe and now President Santos, human rights have greatly improved in Colombia? One of the great success stories is that kidnappings and murders are down, and we have seen a 90% reduction in FARC guerrilla activity, which means that Colombia can make progress.”
- Nato: NATO Defence Ministers’ Meeting (17 Jun 2013)
“One of the lessons from Libya showed that the European members of NATO lack sufficient ISTAR— intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance—and air-to-air fuel capability. Will the Secretary of State update the House on what progress European allies are making in bringing forward that capability?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 51 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 53 written questions in the last year — 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 61.83% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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") 252 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Consultant offering general advice to The Soufan Group; strategic security consultancy. Address: The Soufan Group, 26 York Street, London W1U 6PZ.
Received payment of £1,244.72 net for April 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 4 May 2012)
Received payment of £1,244.72 net for May 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 6 June 2012)
Received payment of £1,244.72 net for June 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 27 July 2012)
Received payment of £1,244.72 net for July 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 01 August 2012)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for August 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 19 September 2012)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for September 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 2 October 2012)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for October 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 1 November 2012)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for November 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 3 December 2012)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for December 2012. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 7 January 2013)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for January 2013. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for February 2013. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 4 March 2013)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for March 2013. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 3 April 2013)
Received payment of £2,074.52 gross for April 2013. Hours: 13.5 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
Consultant offering general advice to The CCA; consumer finance, Queens House, Queens Road, Chester CH1 3BQ:
Payment of £900 net for April 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 4 May 2012)
Payment of £900 net for May 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 6 June 2012)
Payment of £900 net for June 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 27 July 2012)
Payment of £900 net for July 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2012)
Payment of £1,500 gross for August 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 19 September 2012)
Payment of £1,500 gross for September 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 2 October 2012)
Payment of £1,500 gross for October 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 1 November 2012)
Payment of £1,500 gross for November 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 3 December 2012)
Payment of £1,500 gross for December 2012. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 7 January 2013)
Payment of £1,500 gross for January 2013. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Payment of £1,500 gross for February 2013. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 4 March 2013)
Payment of £1,500 gross for March 2013. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 3 April 2013)
Payment of £1,500 gross for April 2013. Hours: 11.5 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
Adviser to International Management Partners Ltd; a management consultancy company:
Payment of £1,999.99 net for April 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 4 May 2012)
Payment of £1,999.99 net for May 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 6 June 2012)
Payment of £1,999.99 net for June 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 27 July 2012)
Payment of £1,999.99 net for July 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2012)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for August 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 19 September 2012)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for September 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 2 October 2012)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for October 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 1 November 2012)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for November 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 3 December 2012)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for December 2012. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 7 January 2013)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for January 2013. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for February 2013. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 4 March 2013)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for March 2013. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 3 April 2013)
Payment of £3,333.33 gross for April 2013. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: JTI
Address of donor : Members Hill, Brooklands Rd, Weybridge, KT13 0QU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets to Chelsea Flower Show; value £1,132.80
Date of receipt of donation: 23 May 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 23 May 2012
Donor status: company, registration 01501573
(Registered 18 July 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Barbados
Address of donor: Government Headquarters, Bay Street, St Michael, Barbados
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): hotel accommodation for my wife and me; value £1,000
Destination of visit: Barbados
Date of visit: 4-11 August 2012
Purpose of visit: to discuss bi-lateral relations, trade, regional policy and Commonwealth matters
(Registered 18 September 2012)
Name of donor: Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation; £1,500
Destination of visit: Rome
Date of visit: 10-13 December 2012
Purpose of visit: to discuss the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and human rights in my capacity as Chairman of the PGA.
(Registered 6 March 2013)
Name of donor: Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
Address of donor: PGA-UN Office, 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10017
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation with a value of £2,500
Destination of visit: United Nations, New York
Date of visit: 24-30 March 2013
Purpose of visit: to meet NGOs, charities, UN officials and negotiators, as part of the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations at the United Nations, New York, in my capacity as a global board member of the Parliamentarians for Global Action.
(Registered 3 April 2013)
8. Land and Property
Residential property in London, from which I receive rental income. (Registered 4 October 2012)
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 | 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).