• Labour MP for Wakefield
• PPS (Rt Hon Andy Burnham, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (since 29 Jan 2008)
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,154 votes. — 431st out of 630 MPs.
• Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
• Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
• Email me whenever Mary Creagh speaks (no more than once per day)
• Help us add video by matching a speech by Mary Creagh

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

How Mary Creagh voted on key issues since 2001:

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

Select Committee membership

• Member, Finance & Services Committee (since 27 Mar 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Defence

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Outdoor Learning, Parliamentary Questions, School Uniforms, Dentistry, Dangerous Dogs Act 1991

(based on written questions asked by Mary Creagh and answered by departments)

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (18 Nov 2008)

“Last week, I met four firefighters from Wakefield who were concerned about the level and quality of training in the fire service. Will my hon. Friend work to ensure or at least consider the idea of a national training framework for firefighters so that the brave men and women who enter burning buildings to rescue others can take that decision without putting their own lives at risk?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Skills Shortages (12 Nov 2008)

“What steps he is taking to address skills shortages in the third sector; and if he will make a statement.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Skills Shortages (12 Nov 2008)

“I thank my hon. Friend for that reply. The key to the success of any organisation is the quality of its management and accounting staff. What can my hon. Friend do to ensure that those in a management or accounting capacity in the voluntary sector are given access to high-quality, low-cost training in that regard?”

More of Mary Creagh's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 63% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 18 comments on this MP's speeches — well above 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.
• 87 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mary Creagh speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 56 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Nil

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £1,568 (474th). Rail £6,941 (95th). Other £374 (41st). European £90 (125th).