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Mark Pritchard
Conservative MP for The Wrekin
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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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 a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
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- 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): Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Armed Forces: Training, Abortion, Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations, Turkmenistan: Prisoners
(based on written questions asked by Mark Pritchard and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Pensions Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (9 Feb 2012)
“Given that the forthcoming parliamentary timetable is unlikely to be overburdened with new Government Bills, may we have a debate on the merits of repealing existing legislation?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Abu Qatada (7 Feb 2012)
“For people watching the news bulletins tonight, it will be both depressing and alarming that once again the European Court of Human Rights is undermining British justice and British national security. Is it not time that the United Kingdom temporarily suspended its membership of the European convention and European Court pending the reforms my right hon. Friend has set out today, and then...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Leveson Inquiry (7 Feb 2012)
“Is it not the case that public confidence in both the Crown Prosecution Service and the police is absolutely vital? If so, does the Solicitor-General share my concern about the fact that we have had many arrests of journalists under Operation Elveden but only two arrests of police officers, and that the names of those police officers have remained unpublished? There seems to be one rule for...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 82 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 69.79% 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") 221 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).