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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 a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Never 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, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Badgers, British Nationality: War Crimes, Flood Control, Food Standards Agency, Departmental Legal Opinion
(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 18)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Health Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Pensions Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: UN Conference on Sustainable Development (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has for further roundtable events with businesses in preparation for the Rio+20 Summit in June; and on what dates those events will be.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Regulation (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) which (a) Ministers and (b) officials were present at the Red Tape Challenge meeting held on 12 January 2012; and what matters were discussed; (2) on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials have met to discuss environmental regulations as part of the Red Tape Challenge.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Trade (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the scheduled (a) dates and (b) locations are for the Explore Export regional road shows due to start in March 2012.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 124 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 70.28% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 28 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") 137 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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).