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Martin Salter

Labour MP for Reading West

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 4,682 votes. — 450th 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 Martin Salter voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly 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 moderately against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop 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, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (since 10 Aug 2009)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (since 14 Jun 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Defence, Health, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Atomic Weapons Establishments, RAF Welford, Nature Conservation, Departmental Policies, Superintendent Ali Dizaei

(based on written questions asked by Martin Salter and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• NHS Redress Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion): Clause 2 — General objective (27 Oct 2009)

“The Minister is certainly making a fair fist of moving towards allaying the concerns that a number of us raised in Committee. She mentioned the coalition of support for the Government's strengthened position—I accept that they have strengthened it and moved towards "furthering"—but will she tell me whether the WWF is part of that coalition, or whether it is still pressing, as I...”

Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion): Clause 2 — General objective (27 Oct 2009)

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. Benyon), whose arguments I listened to carefully today and in Committee. I shall be interested to hear the Minister's response to my comments. Having been incredibly helpful to him yesterday, I am mindful to be slightly less helpful today. I, and my colleagues who similarly failed to support the Government on this issue in...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009)

“As my hon. Friend bears the scars of the Bill Committee and we shared many hours on this subject together, I certainly commend her remarks to the Minister. This is an excellent Bill that is good for fisheries and good for conservation. It needs us to be big people and take on vested interests, and to be prepared to make the arguments for the next generation.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 78% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 26 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.
• 93 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Martin Salter speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 238 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,085 (512th). Rail £6,413 (139th). Misc £5 (260th). Other: Mileage £173 (35th).

^** Car £1,400 (499th). Rail £5,557 (152nd).