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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
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Mark Tami voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. 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 university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
• Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. 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)
• Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Crossrail Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• 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)
• Consumer Credit Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• 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)
• Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
• Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Hunting Bill Committee (22 out of 31)
• Employment Bill Committee (17 out of 17)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid Scheme: Wales (20 May 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many firms received criminal legal aid payments in (a) Alyn and Deeside constituency and (b) north Wales in each of the last three years.”

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.”

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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 17 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 78.01% 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

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.

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).

³ Car £8,420 (9th). Rail £447 (483rd).