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Mark Todd MP
- Labour MP for South Derbyshire
- Majority: 4,495 votes. — 501st out of 630 MPs.
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Todd voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against stopping climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Treasury Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Trade and Industry, Transport, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Miners' Compensation, Child Support Agency, Departmental Temporary Employment, Iraq, Depression
(based on written questions asked by Mark Todd and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Transport: Speed Limits: Motorcycles (18 Nov 2008)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to deploy average speed cameras to detect motorcycles travelling at excess speed; and if he will make a statement.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 117 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 comments on this MP's speeches — below 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.
- 58 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mark Todd speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 151 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £22,061 (236th) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £19,683 (285th) | £19,012 (366th) | £12,905 (489th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £21,390 (219th) | £18,527 | £19,066 (223rd) | £18,748 (joint 310th) | £17,468 (449th) | £10,526 (506th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £86,312 (235th) | £84,867 | £69,849 (386th) | £67,661 (348th) | £65,447 (260th) | £47,655 (256th) |
| Members' Travel | £6,434 (372nd)* | £5,291 | £6,944 (464th) | £7,191 (432nd) | £6,817 (459th) | £4,846 (477th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £901 (joint 142nd) | £679 | £734 (229th) | £131 (joint 398th) | £184 (385th) | £283 (319th) |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,177 (230th) | £1,021 | £1,434 (183rd) | £1,444 (137th) | £2,061 (80th) | £1,399 (200th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,072 (283rd) | £2,266 | £2,789 (295th) | £3,260 (234th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,058 (joint 320th) | £0 | £1,996 (joint 77th) | £1,996 (joint 70th) | £1,996 (joint 69th) | £1,996 (joint 68th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £142,405 (227th) | £134,285 | £123,714 (312th) | £120,114 (308th) | £112,985 (326th) | £79,610 (490th) |
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- Mark Todd's personal website
- Biography (From The Guardian)
- Biography (From Wikipedia)
- Parliamentary career (From The Guardian)
- Election results for South Derbyshire (From The Guardian)
- Previous candidacies (From The Guardian)
- Contact details (From The Guardian)
- General information (From BBC News)
Nearby constituencies
- Derby South (6 miles)
- North West Leicestershire (6 miles)
- Derby North (9 miles)
- Erewash (12 miles)
- Burton (13 miles)
Other offices held in the past
- PPS (Rt Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (to 11 Apr 2005)
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