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Mark Williams

Liberal Democrat MP for Ceredigion

• Shadow Minister for Wales (since 8 Jan 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 219 votes. — 630th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Mark Williams voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 20 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Wales, Trade and Industry

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Sustainable Development, Western Sahara: Politics and Government, Western Sahara: Human Rights, Departmental Stationery, Police: Finance

(based on written questions asked by Mark Williams and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Children and Adoption Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Petitions: Scallop Dredging, Cardigan Bay (4 Nov 2009)

“I have a petition of 2,200 signatures on behalf of the Save Our Sea group based in the Ceredigion constituency. The petition declares: The Petition of people of Ceredigion, Declares that dredging of the sea bed has been banned and restricted in several areas of the marine environment due to the proven damage that can be caused by intensive and large-scale dredging; further declares that the...”

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

“Does that not go to the heart of the matter? The new draft standards for the Government's healthier food mark still assert that those bulk-buying products have been subject to "high standards of animal welfare", despite the fact that we are still using battery eggs and factory-farmed pork and chicken.”

[Robert Key in the Chair] — Affordable Housing (Rural Areas) (3 Nov 2009)

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Key. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) on securing this critical debate. This subject is one of the biggest issues in my constituency postbag and at my surgeries. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew), who spoke about council housing. A large part of Aberystwyth...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 54 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 65% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
• 114 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mark Williams speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 85 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,466 (159th). Rail £7,116 (108th). Misc £90 (171st).

^** Car £4,663 (175th). Rail £6,082 (134th). Air £203 (205th).