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Mark Tami
Labour MP for Alyn and Deeside
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Tami voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department, Transport, Health, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Voter Participation/Registration, Animal Quarantine, Roads: Accidents, Crayfish, Mobile Phones
(based on written questions asked by Mark Tami and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Presumption of Death Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (15 out of 21)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
- Children Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Hunting Bill Committee (22 out of 31)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Employment Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Bank Notes (16 May 2013)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of how many £5 notes (a) are currently in circulation and (b) were in circulation in each of the previous four years.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Aerospace Industry (15 May 2013)
“What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on future investment in the aerospace industry in Wales.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Aerospace Industry (15 May 2013)
“Aerospace and Airbus are great success stories in Wales, so why do the Secretary of State and his Government believe that now is the time to create uncertainty on the question of Europe, which could threaten future investment in the sector? Does he not want quality jobs in Wales?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 77.84% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 123 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Received from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 2JA, £75 for completion of a survey on 5 November 2012. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 8 November 2012)
Received £75 for completing survey on 22 January 2013. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 22 January 2013)
Received from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, payment of £150 for survey on 20 November 2012. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Received £150 for completing survey on 4 December 2012. Hours: 60 mins. (Registered 22 January 2013)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Heineken UK Limited
Address of donor: 2-4 Broadway Park, South Gyle Broadway, Edinburgh EH12 9JZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: my wife and I were guests at the Grand National Race Meeting on 14 April 2012, including overnight accommodation; value approx £1,000
Date of receipt of donation: 14 April 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 14 April 2012
Donor status: company, registration no SCO65527
(Registered 12 May 2012)
8. Land and Property
Apartment in Portugal.
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | £19,988 (283rd) | £23,079 (152nd) | £22,098 (joint 211th with 2 others) | £21,578 | £20,143 (299th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,701 (267th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,022 (271st) | £20,656 (204th) | £17,283 (504th) | £15,200 | £14,416 (509th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £13,323 (405th) |
| Staffing costs | £102,316 (99th) | £80,206 (527th) | £83,207 (365th) | £84,404 | £79,122 (52nd) | £71,549 (147th) | £69,157 (113th) | £63,617 (9th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,628 (418th) | £5,736 (424th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,817 (301st)1 | £9,300 (248th)2 | £8,867 (278th)3 | £8,899 | £12,782 (238th) | £13,245 (205th) | £15,755 (123rd) | £15,884 (56th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £69 (359th) | £0 | £164 (joint 342nd with 1 other) | £1,601 | £1,482 (joint 123rd with 1 other) | £1,480 (joint 103rd with 2 others) | £955 (176th) | £1,575 (67th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £984 (123rd) | £989 (126th) | 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 | £3,761 (296th) | £658 (joint 389th with 1 other) | £663 (434th) | £615 | £1,145 (250th) | £548 (484th) | £795 (437th) | £1,379 (201st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,724 (267th) | £1,990 (413th) | £1,480 | £3,465 (221st) | £2,753 (295th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,401 (69th) | £1,142 (joint 175th with 17 others) | £0 | £1,488 (joint 580th with 1 other) | £1,488 (joint 566th with 1 other) | £1,488 (joint 543rd with 1 other) | £1,488 (joint 467th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £160,584 (190th) | £144,749 (354th) | £135,414 (375th) | £133,777 | £134,043 (125th) | £130,195 (117th) | £126,085 (57th) | £115,275 (10th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,410 (12th). Rail £407 (516th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £8,538 (5th). Rail £762 (464th).