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Mary Creagh

Labour MP for Wakefield

• Assistant Whip (funded by HM Treasury) (since 10 Jun 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,154 votes. — 440th 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 Mary Creagh 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 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 a mixture of for and against 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, Finance & Services Committee (since 27 Mar 2007)

Asks most questions about

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

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Outdoor Learning, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Parliamentary Questions, School Uniforms, Dentistry

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Health Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Treasury: Pensioner Poverty (9 Jun 2009)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effect on levels of pensioner poverty of the proposals made in the 2009 Budget.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (2 Jun 2009) has video

“I congratulate the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Wright), from the bottom of my heart on the changes that he has announced to the building regulation part G in order to reduce bathwater scalds in the home. I pay tribute to him on behalf of the Children's Fire and Burn Trust, the Child Accident Prevention Trust and...”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Building Regulations: Water Efficiency and Scald Prevention (2 Jun 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects the provisions of part G of the building regulations relating to water efficiency and scald prevention to become operational.”

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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 12 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 25 annotations 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.
• 91 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Mary Creagh speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 83 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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 £470 (561st). Rail £4,457 (213th). Misc £102 (158th). Other: Rail £131 (104th).

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