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Mary Creagh
Labour MP for Wakefield
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mary Creagh voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Horses: Slaughterhouses, Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control, Horse Meat, Flood Control, Beef: Horse Meat
(based on written questions asked by Mary Creagh and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (11 out of 18)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Pensions Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Horses: Exports (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what systems and checks are in place to prevent the export of horses for slaughter from the UK.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: British Producers: New Markets (16 May 2013)
“The Opposition were pleased to see the Prime Minister in the USA this week negotiating a trade deal on behalf of the EU to open up that new export market to the British food industry. I was disappointed to note the Secretary of State’s failure to support his Government’s Queen’s Speech in its entirety last night. Does he agree with his Prime Minister and President Obama that...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: British Producers: New Markets (16 May 2013)
“indicated assent.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 169 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70.33% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 29 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 184 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Surveys completed for Populus Ltd, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT.
7 June 2012, received £75 - donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 December 2012)
BIPWA donated £250 to a local organisation after I completed a survey on 26 October 2012. Address: 123 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ED. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 7 November 2012)
Payments received from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA:
13 February 2012, received £75, donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 December 2012)
11 April 2012, received £75, donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 December 2012)
15 June 2012, received £75, donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 December 2012)
5 July 2012, received £75, donated to local organisation. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 December 2012)
23 August 2012, received £75, donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 December 2012)
19 November 2012, received £75, donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 December 2012)
20 December 2012, received £75, donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 14 January 2013)
26 February 2013, received £75, donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins
(Registered 8 March 2013)
22 March 2013, received £75, donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 March 2013)
25 July 2012, received £70 from YouGov,50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT). Fee donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 18 December 2012)
19 December 2012, received £150 for survey for Ipsos MORI (79-81 Borough Road, London, SE1 1FY). Fee donated to Wakefield CLP. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 14 January 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development
Address of donor: 7 Old Palace Yard, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 7AA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation, transport, food and drink, visa and flights; value £1,197.49. A contribution of £1,000 towards the cost of my international flights was made by a non-registrable donor.
Destination of visit: South Sudan
Date of visit: 10-16 April 2012
Purpose of visit: to assess the situation in South Sudan with a particular focus on the critical issues of food security and agricultural development.
(Registered 14 May 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,955 (203rd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,313 (296th) | £14,452 (479th) | £23,416 (141st) | £27,533 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £98,596 (213th) | £82,651 (478th) | £80,028 (443rd) | £60,997 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,752 (143rd) | £9,161 (268th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,074 (330th)1 | £5,160 (455th)2 | £8,973 (273rd)3 | £9,387 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,114 (71st) | £310 (276th) | £861 (149th) | £534 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,489 (76th) | £1,741 (74th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £677 (29th) | £403 (47th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,770 (69th) | £1,016 (joint 216th with 1 other) | £850 (joint 339th with 1 other) | £1,593 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,529 (172nd) | £1,691 (461st) | £4,961 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,138 (joint 434th with 5 others) | £1,346 (30th) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £166,739 (102nd) | £142,644 (384th) | £139,275 (296th) | £127,721 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £596 (534th). Rail £6,384 (126th). Misc £94 (168th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £470 (561st). Rail £4,457 (213th). Misc £102 (158th). Other: Rail £131 (104th).
3 Car £1,568 (474th). Rail £6,941 (95th). Other £374 (41st). European £90 (125th).